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sorry for the bad quality, my phone is bad up close

I hit my pinky finger real bad while hammering a nail when I was a kid, it broke off some of the skin but when it grew back it kinda has a divit in it. Doesn't hurt or cause issues in any way but it's just kinda a interesting part about my body that's unique and I probably wouldn't fix if given the chance.

I've come to love these little inconstancies that shows that a body has been used for fun and living, scars with a story are really sweet.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My left eye is like half the size of my right eye I guess.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ah, my 10 seconds of fame. Here it is : I am slightly allergic to eggplant and tuna

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Oh, there's one ! I can sweat out of the palms of my hands on demand (both palms and fingertips actually). It's not a lot of sweat, but enough to turn the pages of a dry book easily

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago

I wish I could do this in reverse. My palms always be sweatin'.

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Check! Maybe you're spiderman/spiderthem!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 55 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Extra pair of ribs, which was fun at trivia one night...

"How many pairs of ribs do human beings have?"

"Well, first you need to know I have 13 pairs of ribs, that being said, human beings have 12 pairs of ribs."

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Neat. And thanks to Marilyn Manson, we're still on target to maintain an average of 12 pairs of ribs pp

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Do you know that Marilyn Manson got his bottom ribs removed so he could suck other guys’ dicks

That's an urban legend. He actually got them removed so God could make him two wives and he could suck their dicks.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

It doesn't sound like it makes sense, but if you know, you know!

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[–] Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I have 5 spleens.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I have never met someone else who has tested it, so I don't know if it's common or not, but I can blow air out of my tear ducts. When underwater at the pool, it looks like two narrow streams of bubbles rising from the inside corners.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Your tear ducts (and everyone else's as well) are connected to your nasal cavity. It's where tears drain and partly why we get runny noses when our eyes are tearing up.

Definitely more unusual to be able to force air the other way, but not impossible. I'll sometimes do it accidentally if blowing my nose too hard.

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[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I saw a drag queen use liquid eyeliner on her waterline (you're not supposed to do that) and it came out her nose lol

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a dark spot on one finger that came from my ex wife stabbing me with a pencil.

[–] blx@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've got one of these, and I'm pretty sure I found a subreddit about people like us at some point. There are dozens of us. Dozens!

[Edit] There ya go: https://www.reddit.com/r/PencilStabbers/

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 23 points 3 days ago (6 children)

My unbelievably large penis

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That is correct. It is unbelievable. /s

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[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)
  1. I can produce rumbling sound inside my ears
  2. I have extra pair of teeth
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I never got my wisdom teeth removed and everything fits fine. Do you have an extra set of teeth on top of that??

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 2 points 2 days ago

They didn't come out yet, but yeah. I have 9th top tooths, not bottom tho. I did find out twice. I had xray but forgot about it after the first time.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can do the rumbling sound too. Can also wiggle ears. I can also make the air smell funny.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Does the funny smell come.... From your... ears?

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is my left ring finger. None of my other fingers bend like that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

My big toes give a thumbs up. They are the reason why most shoes won't fit. That, and that my feet are short but wide.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why does your foot look like a Monty Python illustration?

I don't know, but thanks for the laugh

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I can give thumb up too

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[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have a weird nub of bone protruding from my lower jaw under the tongue. Like a little skin covered spike.

Oh, also have a "hair" (maybe more like a mole?) on each side of my abdomen that when agitated, I get a sharp pain on the inside of the corresponding elbow.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have a weird nub of bone protruding from my lower jaw under the tongue. Like a little skin covered spike.

mandibular tori is what this is called. The Xray tech told me to ask my dentist about having it removed and the dentist said it's a brutal procedure and recovery (literally shaving the bone down) so not to bother unless it's causing issues.

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Huh, I guess I shouldn't be surprised it had a name :P

And yeah, I can't imagine it to be a comfortable procedure. Sounds way worse than when I got my tonsils out.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Due to a knee surgery many years ago, I have one leg slightly longer than the other & have slightly off kilter walk. A completely unlikely scenario in which I’m stranded in the desert and must walk for help. I fear I may trek for what seems an eternity only to find myself coming full circle. Again most likely will not occur. But if so, I am prepared to account for leg length deficit.

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[–] truite@jlai.lu 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

My hands are cold, and my nails are a little blue most of time. What is more uncommon is that my thumbs are cold too.

[–] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

My daughter gets Raynaud's syndrome in her first two fingers on both hands. They will turn white and her nails will turn blue while her thumb, pinkie, and ring fingers are pink and warm. Been that way since she was tiny.

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a scar on the back of my left wrist from when my wife and I were in highschool and had just started dating. We were at her house while her mom was gone, and I brought over a hookah because we thought it was really cool back then.

She had the hose you smoke out of in her hand, and gestured towards me, pulling the whole hookah over sideways and slamming the coal into my wrist.

Burnt me a bit and left a sort of small rough patch there when it healed but its been a funny story for us whenever it comes up. I usually tell the story like she's an assassin trying to kill me with a hookah :)

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The two toes closest to my big toe on each foot are "webbed" (connected up to the first knuckle). I've noticed people have this to varying degrees but I've never seen it as much as my dad's side of the family. My right foot has it slightly more than my left.

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[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Once upon a time, as a kid, I cut myself with a razor leading to this cool scar. I used this scar for a very long time as a way of differentiating between left and right lol

Picture

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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

When I was very young I stuck my index finger in fire, it burnt a chunk of it, so now I only have about half a fingerprint on that finger.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I can't make my pinky and ring finger touch my other fingers on my left hand. It looks like I'm doing a bad Vulcan impression if I try. I can however make them touch if I bend my fingers. But if they are straight, they flex out to the side. I've tried for years to correct it but had no success.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Similarly, my brother can't make a peace sign because having the pinky and ring finger down causes his middle finger to push forward and he has to physically prop it up to get it in line with his index finger.

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

The dent in my fucking head where a doctor saved my life I guess. That & the sensitive skin around it.

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