Interesting And Rare Genetic Facts About Humans That Only a Small Minority Of People Experience

Find out how "rare" you are with these interesting facts.

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• April 1, 2022

We are constantly amazed by the amazing diversity in nature and in the animal kingdom, but we often tend to forget how truly diverse and interesting we ourselves are. Humans are pretty awesome, our genes are so varied and they are sometimes expressed in the most impressive ways.

All it takes is for someone to take a closer look and point them out. You might not even know it, but your genes might make you a rare individual.

Lexi Slaven is a Florida-based content creator who goes by the username Yolkfather. She recently gained a lot of traction thanks to her not only educational but also fun videos on TikTok.

She started a TikTok series by the name ‘How rare are you?’ where she goes through some rare genetic traits that only a minority of people have.

We are all used to seeing some physical traits in ourselves and we never wonder if it is something exclusive to us and our gene pool or is it something truly unique. In case you were not sure, scroll down and check out the mind-blowing rare genetic facts that you probably did not even know were rare.

You're most likely rarer than you probably think!

Here's the original TikTok by user @yolkfather:

1. Only 30% of the population can raise one eyebrow.

2. Only 2% of the population has green eyes.

3. Only 35% of the population has no wisdom teeth. The lucky ones basically.

4. Less than 1% of the population has Heterochromia (having two different colored eyes)

5. Only 10% of the world's population is left-handed.

6. Only 30% of people can control nasal flaring.

7. Only 20% of the population sneezes after being exposed to the sunshine.

8. Only 8% of the world population has blue eyes.

9. Only 1% of the population is ambidextrous (Has the ability to use both hands equally).

10. Less than 2% of the population has red hair.

11. Only 1% of the population has grey eyes.

12. Only 10% of the world's population has Morton's toe

Morton's toe is when your second toe happens to be longer than your big toe.

13. Only 35% of people don't need glasses and have perfect vision.

14. Only 14% of the population can whistle.

15. Only 5% of the population has freckles.

16. Only 14% of the population can change their tongue shape to a cloverleaf .

17. Only 2% of the world's population has blond hair naturally.

18. Only 5% of the population has hazel eyes.

19. Only 22% of the population can wiggle one ear, but only around 18% can wiggle both.

20. Only 25% of the population has dimples.

21. Only 32% of the population has thumbs that can actually bend backward. It's called a Hitchhiker's thumb.

22. About 1% of the population has doubled lines of eyelashes.

23. Only 33% of the population has a widow's peak.

24. Only 35% of the population can shoot spit from underneath their tongue and 1% have control over it. It's called gleeking.

25. Only 20% of the population is double jointed.

26. Only 20% of the population has a gap or space between the upper front teeth.

27. Only less than 1% of the population has vitiligo.

18. Arched fingerprints, only 5% of the population has it.

29. Less than 10% of the population has only one dimple.

30. Only 3% of the population has an X on their palms. It's also considered extremely lucky by some cultures.

31. Only 12% of the population has the ability to see way more colors than most people. It's called tetrachromacy.

31. Only 12% of the population has the ability to see way more colors than most people. It's called tetrachromacy.

Rare or not, we should all love and appreciate the genes we were born with. Even if your genes aren't rare, all that matter is what's on the inside and how you treat your fellow human beings.

Anything else is pretty much not with concentrating on. I never thought these genetic facts were even rare, I always assumed there was a bigger population of every single one of those cases for some reason.

If you happen to have at least of these genetic traits, make sure to let us know in the comments below the original post.

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