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*Edit: I just returned to Reddit and saw this! Wow, thank you guys for all of your kind words. That means the world to me. And thank you random stranger for the gold!
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The selection we present to you today is based on this viral, albeit, quite old thread from the AskReddit community, where the user u/Legendary888 once asked: "What's something medically cool/unique about your body?" In full accordance with the username of the thread starter, it turned out to be legendary, eventually gaining over 19K upvotes and 22K different comments.
I didn't even know people could have so many different body features, and also—that literally every "unique" feature in the comments immediately found people who said that they have the same thing. Or, that they know someone with something similar. So, just let's read on.
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Edit: I like to think I made 1000's of people clinch their Cheeks today.
Thanks for the gold whoever you are.
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Edit: 8 hours later and exactly 4000 upvotes. Finally my disability does some good.
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In general, all the features of the body can be divided into four main groups: small genetic changes, rudiments, atavisms, as well as some acquired features. With the first, everything is quite clear—due to some change in the human genome, a person receives (sometimes inherits from parents) certain features.
For example, polydactyly—when a person has extra fingers on their hands or feet. In the future, by the way, these changes can either be inherited or not—if, for example, the spouse's genome contains a special gene that blocks these changes.
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I have JME: Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and my seizures are synced up with my period. Yupp. So growing up it took us like 2 years to figure out why my period symptoms were so bad and included bed wetting whenever I started my period. Turns out it wasn't bed wetting, it was grand mal seizures in my deep sleep. But only the 1st and 2nd day of my period.
Ah the wonders of the human body.
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Edit: I'm glad this has turned into a giant talk on safety. Saying the helmet did me no good is not an invitation to try and see what happens without one. Also, to clarify I was riding a bicycle, nothing motorized.
Rudiments are the remains of some organs that were vital for our very distant ancestors, but in the process of evolution, they lost their significance for humans. For example, we have ear muscles—which were actively developed thousands of years ago, but are now almost completely reduced.
And yet, some of us can move our ears—this means that these muscles are simply slightly more developed than they are for other people. Or, the so-called "goose bumps"—our skin's reaction to cold or stress. The thing is, we were once almost completely covered in fur—and reacted to strong irritants in much the same way as cats do now.
Only, there is almost no fur left on us today—only the goose bumps remind us of the "glorious" prehistoric times... So, for some people, rudiments may simply be more developed than they are for others.
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This means I see the world kind of like a TV screen. Everything is in 2D. Its kinda hard to explain because Ive never seen normally and I dont even know how you regular people see the world.
Its not super debilitating. I can drive if I leave a huge following distance between my car and the car in front of me. Under good conditions, I can even catch things thrown at me although Ive never been good enough to do things like actually play basketball. I can still kinda gauge distance the same way you would in a video game I guess, just not super quickly.
The most annoying thing though is sometimes Ill be reaching for a door handle for a car or my house and Ill just jam my hand super hard into the door. Ive even broken super thin doors just because I missed the handle.
Edit: 3D movies just give me migranes. Cograts to that one guy, but it does not work for me.
As for atavisms—this is a manifestation in the human body of some features that were also inherent in our ancient ancestors. The thing is, the genes "responsible" for these features can still remain in our genome, but their action is usually blocked. However, for some reason, this block can be removed.
This is how people develop, for example, excess hair, a tail-like appendage, additional pairs of mammary glands, and so on. By the way, one should not perceive atavisms as something simply harmless or even funny. For example, a congenital heart defect in humans is also a kind of atavism. So one should always consult a doctor, just in case.
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Me: what's that?
Doctor: oh, a tendon.
* video shows him snipping it and sucking it up *
Me: um... What?
Doctor: it was an extra one, you didn't need it.
Edit: d**n, who would think my weird body would cause my top rated comment?
Finally, as a result of some changes that have happened to us during our lifetime, our body can acquire certain features, too. For example, as a consequence of illnesses, physical injuries, or even surgeries. In any case, this also requires a consultation with medical specialists—so as not to cause a threat to life or even discomfort in the future.
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Tried surgery that took tissue from elsewhere and put it in my chest but the minimal gains were not worth more, painful surgeries and recovery times. I'm happy to be as Nature intended and the right person will come to me!
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Well, if one of us also has something similar, then we can only perceive it as an annoying misunderstanding in life—or a superpower. Or, just so we share our own medically unique features in the comments below this post. And then, perhaps, you could find new friends who have similar features—why not? After all, curiosity and friendship are also our features—but very common.
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To clarify, when a regular person yawns they can probably hear a rumble. I can use the muscles in my ear to make that rumbling sound on command without flexing any other muscles.
