People Whose Genetics Make Them Unique

The Sweetest Birthmark

This little girl's family was in for a pleasant surprise when their daughter came out with the exact color of hair as her mother. Now we should understand that birthmarks are such a common human occurrence and they tend to appear shortly after birth and are usually the result of an overgrowth of blood vessels, keratinocytes, and melanocytes. In her case it was the melanocytes in her hair.

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The More You Know

  • Agatha Christie said she came up with many of her book plots while sitting in her bathtub while eating apples.
  • Saint Patrick's Day began as a "feast day". To honor him, Christians could put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption, which is why excessive drinking has become linked to the celebration.
  • The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be "virtually certain", and believes that intelligent design "isn't science even though it pretends to be."
  • The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
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