Random Facts (15 gifs)

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"Most of your DNA is just noise that never gets used, and a significant chunk of it contains echoes of ancient and prehistoric viruses that infected your ancestors."

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"Potatoes have more chromosomes than humans."

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"All people with blue eyes are descended from the same person"

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"Many severe genetic diseases, such as insulin-dependent diabetes, are only about 50% determined by genetics. Factors like early developmental conditions, including a mother’s diet during early pregnancy and infections, play a paramount role."

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"Red hair and blue eyes is the rarest hair/eye colour combination."

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"40-50% of our DNA is the same as cabbage."

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"Twins can have different fathers."

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"Pregnancy can alter your DNA as you create a new life. Allergies can appear or disappear, hair texture/colour can change."

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"Twins can be half identical."

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"The ability to flex the tongue as a cloverleaf is genetic."

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"Since our mitochondria used to be separate single celled organisms, they have their own DNA."

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"Your immune system regulation genes (HLA) have a huge impact on how you smell!"

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"The green eyed gene is a recessive gene when compared to brown eyed gene; it is dominant when compared to blue eye gene."

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"Birthing identical twins is not an inherited trait. It’s random. Fraternal twinning is inherited, but only from mother to daughter. "