People Who Shared Something Extraordinary About Their Bodies

Emily Izsak | November 7, 2023 3:59 pm

These people all discovered strange things about their bodies. Some of them have extra digits or strange scars. Some of them have freckles in their eyes. They are all extraordinary human beings with extraordinary bodies.

These people are like real-life X-Men. Maybe they should band together and form their own team of superheroes. The world could use some superheroes right about now. Keep reading to see how interesting and varied bodies can be. Humans are amazing.

Eye Freckles

woman with eye freckles
Photo Credit: apueblas / Reddit
Photo Credit: apueblas / Reddit

Not only does this person have gorgeous hazel eyes, but she also has some pretty cool looking freckles in her left eye.

If she had a few more freckles, it would look like she had leopard print eyes.

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A Little Rock

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rock hand
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Photo Credit: wrk_wrk_wrk_wrk_wrk / Reddit
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This Reddit user posted a picture of his hand online along with the caption, "A rock working its way out of my hand after a bicycle accident over 25 years ago."

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It sure is taking its sweet time.

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Half Of His Finger Can't Prune

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no pruny skin on one half of a pruny finger
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Photo Credit: WhiskeyforElephants / Reddit
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This person suffered some nerve damage in his finger and now half of his index finger can't prune when it's exposed to water.

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All of his other fingers are perfectly normal.

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Dirt-Resistant

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a scar remains clean on a dusty arm
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This person has a scar on their hand. No matter how dirty their hands get, the scar always stays clean. It's a dirt-resistant scar.

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The scarred skin is less porous than the unscarred skin, so it doesn't hold onto the dirt.

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A Perfect Hexagon

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freckles form a circle
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When this guy sits with his leg bent, the moles on his leg for a perfect hexagon.

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It almost looks like somebody drew those dots on him. They're so evenly spaced.

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A Repaired Cornea

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eye stitches
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This person had surgery to repair a detached cornea. When you look closely at their eye, you can see all the stitches in her iris.

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Those stitches will naturally dissolve over time.

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A Flat Foot

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flat foot
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Photo Credit: Reddit
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This person's feet are totally flat. That must make it really difficult for him to find shoes. We hope he's invested in a good pair of orthotics.

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The flip-flops probably aren't doing much for him.

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Very Flexible Fingers

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flexible hand
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Try to spread your fingers as far apart as you can. Now, look at how far apart this person can spread her fingers.

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That's pretty impressive. She must be double-jointed.

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No Stitches

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thumb scar that looks like stitches
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A long time ago, this person accidentally cut his thumb.

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He never got stitches and his thumb healed naturally, but now the scar looks like he had stitches at one point.

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Allergic To The Cold

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woman before and after going out into the cold (her face is swollen in the after pic)
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This woman is allergic to the cold. Her whole face swells up whenever she's in below-zero temperatures for too long.

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Okay, this one may not be a superpower, but it's still pretty interesting.

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Red Eye

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person with redeye in one eye only
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This person is partially blind in one eye.

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In this photo, you can see that only one eye is reflecting the camera flash and creating a red-eye effect. That's the blind eye.

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Creating Static

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static shock extending between fingertip and door frame
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This person is positively electric. Somehow, they have the ability to create static electricity against this door frame.

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Maybe they just shuffled their socks against the carpet or something. Or maybe they have electric powers.

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White Eyelashes

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white eyelash
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Photo Credit: TheRakishRaconteur / Reddit
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This person has vitiligo, which is a condition that causes pigmentation loss. In this woman's case, it's causing her eyelashes to turn white.

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Right now, only half of her eyelashes on each of her eyes are white.

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Changed Cells

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pale area on flushed skin
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Photo Credit: kmc020 / Reddit
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This person got stung by a jellyfish a while ago.

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The sting permanently altered their cells so now this part of their arm doesn't get flushed when it's exposed to cold air.

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Pre- And Post-Cast

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hairy leg vs smooth leg after cast was removed
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This person had a cast on his leg for six weeks.

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His leg looked quite a bit different after the cast came off. That's six weeks of muscle tone loss.

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Lack Of Blood Flow

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fingertips are pale from lack of blood flow
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This person has a condition that causes her to have limited blood flow to her fingers.

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When her hands get cold, the tips of her fingers turn super white and pale.

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A Weirdly Shaped Pupil

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pupil has a pie-slice missing
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This person's pupil is sort of shaped like a lily pad. It has a little pizza slice taken out of it. She can see perfectly fine, though.

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This difference doesn't affect her sight at all.

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Two Different Thumbs

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person's thumbs look very different from each other
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This person has two completely different thumbs. One of his thumbs is long and thin, and the other one is more clubbed in appearance.

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It almost doesn't look like these two thumbs belong to the same person.

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No Fingerprints

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fingers without fingerprints
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This person doesn't have any fingerprints.

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You would think that this would make it easier for them to commit crimes, although, how many people are there in the world who don't have any fingerprints?

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Two Fingers Out Of The Same Knuckle

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pinky coming out of ring finger knuckle
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Photo Credit: AnonymousFroakie / Reddit
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This person doesn't have an extra finger and he isn't missing a finger, but he does have two fingers coming out of one knuckle.

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I guess that means he's missing a knuckle.

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One Line

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guy's hands share a single crease
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This guy's palms only have one line going through them. I wonder what a palm reader or fortune teller would say about his fortune.

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It's probably a pretty straight and narrow one.

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Blonde Or Brunette?

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woman's hair is brown on one side and blonde on the other
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This girl has been half-blonde and half-brunette since she was born.

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Her hair color changes right in the middle of her head. It's almost like she dyed it to be that way.

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Not Dyed

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two blond patches of hair on someone's otherwise brunet head
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This person also has some natural blonde spots in his hair. It looks like he tried to dye his hair blonde and it didn't work out super well.

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It's pretty cool.

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Two Eye Colors In One

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eye with mixed color
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This person has an eye that's half-brown and half-blue. This is a phenomenon known as heterochromia.

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It's a rare genetic condition, but it doesn't affect this person's eyesight at all.

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An Extra Nail

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fingernail growing out of a person's fingernail
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Photo Credit: ipretendtobeacarrot / Reddit
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Reddit user ipretendtobeacarrot posted this photo online along with the caption, "A second nail has been growing out of my finger ever since it got trapped in a car door when I was 8."

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That nail has been preparing for the next time the car door strikes.

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An Extra Belly Button

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scar looks like extra bellybutton
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Photo Credit: abdancer95 / Reddit
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This person doesn't actually have an extra belly button.

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They have cystic fibrosis, and one of the scars on their upper stomach kind of looks like an extra belly button.

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Everlasting Baby Teeth

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adult still has two baby teeth
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This person still has their two bottom baby teeth.

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Their adult teeth never grew in, which then never pushed out their two front baby teeth. Maybe they'll get veneers someday.

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An Uncentered Pupil

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shifted pupil
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Photo Credit: DoomMagnet / Reddit
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This person's pupil isn't in the center of his eye.

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It doesn't affect the way he sees at all. His eyes are just a little different from most people's. It's cool to be different.

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They Kind Of Look Like A Person Wearing Pants

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someone's fingers are fused together
Photo Credit: Reddit / NTOOOO
Photo Credit: Reddit / NTOOOO
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This person says that they've had their fingers fused together since birth and that they often get asked if it helps him swim faster and the answer is no, which seems unfair.

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Thinking about it, how often do your ring finger and middle finger really come apart?

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This Is Such A Crazy Thing

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a guy who has two uvulas
Photo Credit: Reddit / TicoTube
Photo Credit: Reddit / TicoTube
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There is something about this that is just so crazy!

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I wonder if it feels different in your mouth or anything...not that they wouldn't have anything to compare it too.

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That's Some Stretchy Neck Skin

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someone is able to tuck their skin in their mouth
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Photo Credit: Reddit / Zen100_
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Somehow, this person figured out that they had neck skin that was stretchy enough that they are actually able to pull it up and put it in their mouth, which is wild.

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DIY turtleneck.

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Something About This Is Sketchy

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someone has knees that go backwards
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Photo Credit: Reddit / joseycuervo
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Does anyone else look at this person and think they are some kind of dinosaur in disguise?

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It's a really interesting stance to find comfortable, but we're not here to judge.

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Look How Cute Those Little Hands Are

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kid with two thumbs
Photo Credit: Reddit / TicoTube
Photo Credit: Reddit / TicoTube
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This little girl was born polydactyl on one hand, which means that she has two thumbs.

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They have plans to remove it eventually, but only because it seems to make it hard for her to use her thumb.

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That's An Interesting Belly Button!

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bellybutton that looks like a swirl
Photo Credit: Reddit / Swirlxx
Photo Credit: Reddit / Swirlxx
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This person's belly button healed to look like a little swirl! He said that the different shape of it makes it weirdly flexible in a way that is kind of impressive.

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However, a lot of lint gets stuck in there.

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She's Got Such Beautiful Hair

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hair that looks wind blown
Photo Credit: Instagram / @shilahmadison
Photo Credit: Instagram / @shilahmadison
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This sweet little girl has something called uncombable hair syndrome.

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There are only about 100 people in the world who have their hair this way, so it makes her really unique.

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This Gorgeous Statement

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woman with beautiful unibrow
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We all know that fuller brows have been more in-fashion as of late, but there are still few people rocking a unibrow. Luckily this model is here to represent!

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She looks gorgeous and the full brow draws even more attention to her stunning eyes.

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That Is Quite The Birthmark

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birth mark that is really big and covered in hair
Photo Credit: Reddit / bobbydigitalFTW
Photo Credit: Reddit / bobbydigitalFTW
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This is called a congenital giant pigmented nevus, or a giant furred mole.

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It's fairly rare, and this person is lucky to have it look such a way that he kind of looks like a superhero.

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She Looks Absolutely Stunning

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someone who is ginger and has heterochromia
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Photo Credit: Reddit / sturgio_garcia
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What a beautiful looking person with her fiery ginger hair and that subtle heterochromia.

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I love that both of her eyes are still so pale and you might not even notice it right away.

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How Cute Is This?

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heart shaped birthmark
Photo Credit: Reddit / Gurjen
Photo Credit: Reddit / Gurjen
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This little baby was born with a heart-shaped birthmark on their forehead! How cute is that? Matched with his perfect little smiling face?

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It's practically perfection, isn't it? So adorable!