Probably in every elementary school classroom, there is a kid who shouts from time to time: "Look at what I can do with my tongue!" When we're kids, we're fascinated, thinking that rolling your tongue or shaping it in a weird way is some kind of magic.
By adulthood, we find out that it's just something people either inherit or train their tongue muscles to do. But whether they're explainable or not, they're still pretty neat. As a person who doesn't have these kinds of party tricks up my sleeve, I'm always fascinated by the weird things other people's bodies can do.
So, when we came across an online thread where someone asked people, "What is a little quirk about your body that you don't think other people have?" I was immediately intrigued. Care to find out too? Don't hesitate and scroll down!
#1
I don’t produce any antibodies and rely on antibody infusions and general herd immunity to stay alive. Thank you to everyone who has ever donated plasma. F**k your RFK for doing everything you can to k**l me.
96points
#2
I’ve got super smell or something 🤷♀️I can diagnose people.
- low blood sugar (diabetes) smells like chemically cleaner rotted. High blood sugar and it smells like heated PLA filament. Slightly sweet.
- ear infections smell like Camembert cheese.
- strep throat smells like yeasty bread and coins held in a sweaty hand combined.
- pregnancy has this sweet musty smell to it. Like the mildest plum or nectarine. I’ve gotten in some very awkward situations when I asked when someone was due and they didn’t know they were pregnant yet.
- if someone has a cold, pneumonia, Gastrointestinal issues, infection or other ailment and I can ‘smell it’ it’s bacterial. If I can’t ‘smell the illness’ it’s viral. Which made Covid extra freaky!
- Had a 2nd grade girl in my class my first year of teaching who had seizures a few times a week, they were usually absence ones and she would recover fairly quickly. I could smell one coming with a 10-15 minute heads up from the other side of the classroom. She also occasionally had a different tonic seizure and would go temporarily blind for a few hours afterwards. Those I couldn’t smell coming.
jadeycakes:
I'm like this as well. It's annoying having such a strong sense of smell most of the time but it does come in handy sometimes! Last week I smelled natural gas one time just a tiny bit. No one else could smell it. An HVAC person came out to test it and sure enough there was a very small gas leak at the back of the furnace in the back of a closet facing a wall behind a door.
I've joked I could start a business where people call me to find leaks in their house or to confirm they're not going insane smelling something no one else can.
It's also hard balancing wanting to mention to someone that they smell different on a chemical level without being insulting. I can usually tell when someone I see often has started a new vitamin or medicine.
- low blood sugar (diabetes) smells like chemically cleaner rotted. High blood sugar and it smells like heated PLA filament. Slightly sweet.
- ear infections smell like Camembert cheese.
- strep throat smells like yeasty bread and coins held in a sweaty hand combined.
- pregnancy has this sweet musty smell to it. Like the mildest plum or nectarine. I’ve gotten in some very awkward situations when I asked when someone was due and they didn’t know they were pregnant yet.
- if someone has a cold, pneumonia, Gastrointestinal issues, infection or other ailment and I can ‘smell it’ it’s bacterial. If I can’t ‘smell the illness’ it’s viral. Which made Covid extra freaky!
- Had a 2nd grade girl in my class my first year of teaching who had seizures a few times a week, they were usually absence ones and she would recover fairly quickly. I could smell one coming with a 10-15 minute heads up from the other side of the classroom. She also occasionally had a different tonic seizure and would go temporarily blind for a few hours afterwards. Those I couldn’t smell coming.
jadeycakes:
I'm like this as well. It's annoying having such a strong sense of smell most of the time but it does come in handy sometimes! Last week I smelled natural gas one time just a tiny bit. No one else could smell it. An HVAC person came out to test it and sure enough there was a very small gas leak at the back of the furnace in the back of a closet facing a wall behind a door.
I've joked I could start a business where people call me to find leaks in their house or to confirm they're not going insane smelling something no one else can.
It's also hard balancing wanting to mention to someone that they smell different on a chemical level without being insulting. I can usually tell when someone I see often has started a new vitamin or medicine.
60points
#3
I can vomit at any time just with the power of my mind.
When I was a kid, if I didn't get my way, regardless of where I was, I would just start vomiting.
One day my Grandma slapped the s**t out of me in a K-Mart and I never did it again.
smarmiebastard:
This talent has come in really handy twice. Once when I was three oysters in, and noticed a tiny red worm wriggling around in my fourth oyster. I freaked out cause I didn’t know if it was a really bad parasite and decided I needed to throw up all the oysters. Got them all out no problem while my boyfriend stuck his finger down his throat for half an hour and never managed to make himself vomit. He ended up with food poisoning, I didn’t.
The other time I had a bad migraine and asked to leave work early, but my boss wouldn’t let me. I felt like I was going to die but they just wouldn’t let me go home no matter how much I pleaded my case. Finally I just made myself throw up right in front of my boss (and a little on her shoes) and got sent home immediately.
When I was a kid, if I didn't get my way, regardless of where I was, I would just start vomiting.
One day my Grandma slapped the s**t out of me in a K-Mart and I never did it again.
smarmiebastard:
This talent has come in really handy twice. Once when I was three oysters in, and noticed a tiny red worm wriggling around in my fourth oyster. I freaked out cause I didn’t know if it was a really bad parasite and decided I needed to throw up all the oysters. Got them all out no problem while my boyfriend stuck his finger down his throat for half an hour and never managed to make himself vomit. He ended up with food poisoning, I didn’t.
The other time I had a bad migraine and asked to leave work early, but my boss wouldn’t let me. I felt like I was going to die but they just wouldn’t let me go home no matter how much I pleaded my case. Finally I just made myself throw up right in front of my boss (and a little on her shoes) and got sent home immediately.
51points
#4
I have one arm, two uvulas, and an extra rib.
BigWoodsCatNappin:
What in the ikea human.
BigWoodsCatNappin:
What in the ikea human.
51points
#5
I have 5 nipples. Two regular, three additional. All lactate. I was quite the spectacle while pregnant/breast feeding 🙃.
42points
#6
I made it to 30 years old before this was noticed and pointed out to me.
I was chugging water at dinner at my husband started laughing and was like "why are you doing that?"
Turns out when I swallow, one eyebrow rapidly twitches, very little twitches but completely uncontrollably.
Like my swallow reflex is hardwired to my eyebrow. It's now my party trick.
I was chugging water at dinner at my husband started laughing and was like "why are you doing that?"
Turns out when I swallow, one eyebrow rapidly twitches, very little twitches but completely uncontrollably.
Like my swallow reflex is hardwired to my eyebrow. It's now my party trick.
39points
#7
My tail bone is way longer than normal, it hurts like hell to sit on the floor, I can’t do sit ups, if I sit on your lap you would feel it lol a few of my kids got it too. My mom also has it. Idk of anyone else, we just were meant to have tails I guess.
39points
#8
If i go from indoor light or the shade into direct sunlight I sneeze.
Moving on a sunny day is a fun time when I'm around.
Moving on a sunny day is a fun time when I'm around.
38points
#9
I sneeze when I get turned on. No idea why. I could sneeze for a valid reason and my sweetie thinks I'm ready to go. I'm not gonna argue with her!
37points
#10
I have a birthmark on my pubic mound shaped like an arrow pointing down. It's not blobby or wonky, it's a perfect, symmetrical arrow. I have had to have the same conversation with nearly every sexual partner- no, it's not a tattoo, see it's brown like a birthmark; yes, it *does* look an arrow that points down; yes, I'm *sure* it's a birthmark; haha yes it's very funny yep.
The worst/best part is I lived in Kansas City for several years, and it's the same shape as the Chiefs logo so Kansas City dudes were even more extra about it.
The worst/best part is I lived in Kansas City for several years, and it's the same shape as the Chiefs logo so Kansas City dudes were even more extra about it.
36points
#11
I have two uteruses -uteri if you will.
dumbmb:
My sister’s mom does too. She had two kids out of one, and two from the other. They eventually cauterized them because she kept alternating periods and bleeding all month.
dumbmb:
My sister’s mom does too. She had two kids out of one, and two from the other. They eventually cauterized them because she kept alternating periods and bleeding all month.
36points
#12
I don’t think most people have as many bullet holes and knife scars as I do. I used to be self conscious about all the cigarette burns I have all over my body from my a*****e mother, (350-400 burns; I lost count) but now I have them covered with tattoos so I’m not as self conscious about it.
35points
#13
I am colourblind in one eye and not the other.
Edit: mine is caused by MS. Optic neuritis due to MS. I went completely blind in that eye for several weeks and then when the vision came back first it was very close to my face only, then black and white, then I could only see blue but it was the most beautiful blue I'd ever seen.. Like any blue was glowing with a lighted backdrop, then I saw the rest of the colours except not the red and greens (i can only see true red and true greens) and my vision overall is pretty damaged. I fail all slides for red-green colourblind in that one eye at the optometrists. Orange and yellows are kind of sepia. I see a lot of sepia things in that eye.
My blues/purples are still a little bit extra pretty but only a little extra .. It's been years since it happened and it won't recover more now.
Edit: mine is caused by MS. Optic neuritis due to MS. I went completely blind in that eye for several weeks and then when the vision came back first it was very close to my face only, then black and white, then I could only see blue but it was the most beautiful blue I'd ever seen.. Like any blue was glowing with a lighted backdrop, then I saw the rest of the colours except not the red and greens (i can only see true red and true greens) and my vision overall is pretty damaged. I fail all slides for red-green colourblind in that one eye at the optometrists. Orange and yellows are kind of sepia. I see a lot of sepia things in that eye.
My blues/purples are still a little bit extra pretty but only a little extra .. It's been years since it happened and it won't recover more now.
33points
#14
I have brain fog and consistently forget most things in my short term memory. today i was making a bracelet, went into my kitchen, came back, and forgot about it because my cat stole it. whole conversations about important things are immediately gone.
At the same time I'm very good with numbers and fun facts. no, i don't remember us talking about plans today. yes, i do remember that dragonflies are one of the most efficient predators.
At the same time I'm very good with numbers and fun facts. no, i don't remember us talking about plans today. yes, i do remember that dragonflies are one of the most efficient predators.
33points
#15
I'm literally hard headed. I have no frontal sinus, where they should be is just bone. Means I never get sinus headaches.
32points
#16
I have a red birthmark on my face that swells up about four weeks before I get a positive pregnancy test. It has a 100% accuracy rate with all four of my kids.
32points
#17
I don't have a sense of smell! I have no memory of ever smelling anything, doesn't matter how strong the smell is: perfume, gasoline, rotten food, nothing.
I can taste sweet, sour, bitter, etc, just fine but I can't really tell what some spices taste like.
The main downsides have been not being able to tell if food is spoiled, sometimes it's easy to go by looks but theres been times where I've realized it's gone bad by tasting it or getting sick which is not fun, there's also a risk of not being able to smell gas leaks, I also get worried I stink!
On the flip side, I can't smell nasty stuff. Cleaning gross thinks is less difficult for sure lol
I do wish I could smell flowers, food, perfumes, the rain, coffee and all of those things but out of all our senses I think it's the easiest to live without.
I can taste sweet, sour, bitter, etc, just fine but I can't really tell what some spices taste like.
The main downsides have been not being able to tell if food is spoiled, sometimes it's easy to go by looks but theres been times where I've realized it's gone bad by tasting it or getting sick which is not fun, there's also a risk of not being able to smell gas leaks, I also get worried I stink!
On the flip side, I can't smell nasty stuff. Cleaning gross thinks is less difficult for sure lol
I do wish I could smell flowers, food, perfumes, the rain, coffee and all of those things but out of all our senses I think it's the easiest to live without.
32points
#18
Periauricular sinus and a whole bunch of surgical scars. Plus the ability to hear dog whistles and super low bass/vibrations normally outside the range of human hearing.
I'll hear engines or bass playing in a car 3 blocks away when my husband can't hear a thing unless he goes outside and gets closer to it. It's actually pretty annoying bc the bass is physically painful when it's loud.
I'll hear engines or bass playing in a car 3 blocks away when my husband can't hear a thing unless he goes outside and gets closer to it. It's actually pretty annoying bc the bass is physically painful when it's loud.
28points
#19
My kidneys are attached to each other. Found out in a scan. It’s called a horseshoe kidney apparently.
27points
#20
Not so much a quirk more so a pain in the a*s but I have a rare cold allergy (not raynauds) where if my body rapidly gets cold the affected area swells up and I develop hives everywhere
Passed out in a pool once because of this.
Passed out in a pool once because of this.
27points
