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People Describe The Most Unusual Oddities About Their Body

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Barring identical twins, no two bodies are the same.

Indeed, some people are born with rare or unusual elements to their bodies which very few, if any, other people also share.

While some people will go to great lengths to cover these up, or make them less conspicuous, others wear their unique elements with pride.

There are also people whose bodily oddity isn't visible, but instead have a unique genetic makeup, substantially affecting their daily routine for better or worse.


Redditor MissingYouB was eager to hear all bout the most unusual elements of people's bodies, leading them to ask:
"What's unusual about your body?"

Shimmering Silver Hair

"My hair started losing its color when I was 10 years old."

"I used to be brunette."

"My hair has been completely silver and white since my 20s."- ConcernedApath3

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Mechanical Heart

"My heart is bionic at this point."

"I’ve had 4 open heart surgeries, aorta and mitral valves are now titanium."

"It makes a ticking noise like a clock."

"I’m only 30."

"Hopefully I live longer."- Tired-humanoid

Misplaced Anatomy

"When I was born, none of my organs were in the places they should be."

"Had 5 surgeries after birth to get everything moved around, and put to right places."

"Luckily, no issues since."- iMissTheOldKimye

"My internal organs are all flipped 180 degrees."

"So everything's backwards."

"Situs inversus totalis."

"Sorry I should've clarified better."

"Not flipped in place but completely mirrored."

"So organs are on opposite sides as well."- tr1ppymayyyyne

Saves You Trouble On Lint...

"Two of my toes on each foot are webbed halfway."

"The index(?) and middle toe, each side."

"Nothing else."

"I can’t swim any faster which I personally think is bullsh*t."- dirtyethanol73·

Sometimes One Is Enough

"I was born with 1 Kidney."

"But my 1 Kidney is the size of 2 combined."

"So I have 1 super kidney."- Jay12678

Switch and Swap

"I have a rare condition in which my large intestine is smashed over to one side of my torso and my small intestines are smashed over to the other side."

"The only reason we discovered it is that one day, they decided to physically switch places causing extreme pain."

"They have switched places a total of four times in my life."

"It's really painful and kinda gross hearing your goopy bits flop around inside of you."- jtolb65

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Better Than A Growling Tummy...

"I sneeze when really hungry."- Scrum_Bucket

How Long Have You Got?

"Well, I am an achondroplastic dwarf, so lets see…"

"I’m 4’0” tall at 29 years old (male), I have disproportionately short limbs compared to my torso."

"I can barely put my hands in my trouser pockets because they are so short."

"I also need to get all my trousers cropped."

"3/4 length trousers can also work as full length for me."

"I have what is called 'trident hand configuration'."

"Basically my hands naturally split into the vulcan hand sign (like three prongs)."

"It’s a common way to identify achondroplasia in the womb and how I was diagnosed."

"I did have bowed legs."

"I needed to have my legs broken and straightened when I was a kid."

"That was fun."

"Can’t fully straighten my arms."

"Even when fully extended, they are slightly bent."

"Also can’t raise them much beyond my shoulder."

"Super handy when you’re 4 f*cking feet tall and everything is out of reach."

"Absolutely stellar."

"I have mono-lids despite being a white af Scottish guy in a family with no mono-lids."

"That and frontal bossing and a depressed nasal bridge is the package 'dwarf face' deal when it comes to achondroplasia."

"Guarantees that you’ll always get random strangers approaching you going 'aren’t you that guy from time bandits?'"

" Despite the fact that you were born in 1994."

"There’s more stuff but I could be here all day."

"Just to be clear - these are all symptoms of my dwarfism."

"It’s not like I’ve been super unlucky and got a bunch of unrelated conditions."

"Just one mutation can cause all this."

"The body is great isn’t it?"- Usidore_

They Have An Understandable Attachment

"When I was born my umbilical cord was inside out and it was the first time the hospital I was born at had ever seen anything like it."

"So they asked my mum if it could be sent to a nearby university to be shown to students in order to show them what the inside of one looks like in real life."

"I am going to that exact university next year and will be on a quest to take back my umbilical cord."

"Provided it's not been thrown away, idk how long they last." - Reddit

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Explains Why They're Always Buying New Towels

"My sweat is extra acidic."

"I can fully rust guitar strings in a week or 2, and have eaten holes on 2 laptops where I rest my hands, both happened within a year of use."- MoofieFoofer·

Chronic Moisture

"I sweat too much."

"If my shower is too warm, I start sweating and once I towel off I'm just wet from sweating for hours."

"My wife complains about my cold shower water but it's how I don't completely render the shower pointless."- CubicalWombatPoops

One Hole Too Many

"Small hole at the base of my spine just before my a** hole."

"To clarify I’m not talking about the actual a**hole itself, I’m talking about a small hole an inch above it."

"It’s not a cyst I was born with it."- Happy-Watercress3232

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We can't choose the body we're given.

It is a shame that some of these unique traits result in people having added visits to the doctor, or an increased need for medicine.

But whether they're proud or ashamed of their bodily abnormality, they at least know they will always have a conversation starter which will instantly grab everyone's attention.

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