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Tiny hole in my head I was born with people always think is a piercing
I've always had a small hole in the side of my head but people have never really believed that I was born with it. When I was younger I'd stick an earring in it just to prove to my friends it wasn't something I'd done myself - grim, I know.
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Gym-goer's 360 degree rotating 11th finger that makes him an expert weightlifter
Karen Shetty, from India, has shared how he uses his extra finger to good effect in the gym with footage showing the 26-year-old lifting weights having gone viral
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Surgeons saw mass on x-ray of girl's brain - what it actually was horrified them
Stunned surgeons removed the lock of hair, which measured three feet in length, from inside the skull of the girl identified only as T.A. at Jal Hospital in Bishkek
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Body-mod couple say 'people think we’re from hell due to our 91 tats and mods’
Victor Hugo Peralta and wife Gabriela, said they are “happy and proud” to have been awarded Guinness World Record for “most body modifications" (married couple) despite what trolls say
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Woman turns her old toenail into 'family heirloom' necklace for future grandkids
Paige Landau, 18, got her toenail removed in February after repeated issues with an ingrown nail - but rather than have it incinerated as medical waste, she decided to get turned into a necklace
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Mum covered in tumours from 'one-of-a-kind' disease terrified of dying alone
Charmaine Sahadeo, 42, from Chaguanas, Trinidad, has tumour growing in her mouth - which she named 'Frank' - which makes it difficult for the mum-of-two to eat and talk
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Six-inch leech found in man's neck during investigation on sore throat
Local reports say the 53-year-old man complained to doctors of having a hoarse voice and a large, painful lump in his throat which they saw was pulsating
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Dad with tattooed eyeballs suspends himself in mid-air using metal hooks
Marcelo ‘B-boy’ De Souza Ribeiro, from Brazil, has previously been called the “most modified man in the world” thanks to his unique altered appearance
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Horrified wife finds husband in bath trying to use glue as ‘constipation cure’
Baffled doctors in Tokyo said the unfortunate man, who has Parkinson's, had been trying to cure his constipation when he inserted a cone-shaped pot of glue into his rectum
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Fully intact fly is found buzzing inside man's intestines during routine check
Doctors in Missouri were alarmed to find a fully intact fly inside a man's intestines during a colonoscopy. It is believed the patient consumed the insect after eating lettuce in Missouri
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Man who spent £12,000 becoming human Collie now wants to find a Lassie to love
A man fulfilled his childhood wish of becoming a dog earlier this year after paying over £12,000 for a costume to make him look like a Collie, and has now built up enough confidence to start searching for love
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'I was born with two penises and use both for sex - one lover was hooked'
The Los Angeles truck driver, known only as Tank, opened up about life with diphallia - a condition which meant he had two penises which would ejaculate simultaneously, even if only one was stimulated
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Man complaining of headache has huge six-inch worm removed from forehead
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE Doctors in Russia extracted a 15cm worm which had burrowed itself in a man's forehead, causing him horrific pain, and have now bizarrely put it on display
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'I thought I just had a rash - but a parasite was laying eggs inside my leg'
Marystella Gomez was diagnosed with a parasite known as hookworm, leading to a skin condition called cutaneous larva migrans which started out as a simple itchy rash after a holiday
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'I'm a doctor and here's the grim reason why you should never rub your eyes'
Rubbing your eyes constantly over time can change their shape and even lead to vision impairment and blindness, a TikTok doctor in Singapore has revealed
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Expert's fascinating insight into why some people have near-death experiences
The phenomena of floating out of your body on the edge of death is one that has been experienced by many - including the likes of actress Sharon Stone - and now neuroscientist Dr Jane Aspell thinks she has the answer
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Bedridden woman became 'breathing skeleton' after eating nothing for 40 years
Welsh woman Mary Thomas was said to have gone as long as 40 YEARS without food, with her story said to have inspired hit Florence Pugh film 'The Wonder'
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Boy, 10, with uncombable hair due to rare condition is 'gawked' at by strangers
Sam Barley, from Lincolnshire, has learned to embrace his wacky head of hair which stands on end due to ultra-rare Uncontrollable Hair Syndrome believed to have afflicted Albert Einstein
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Woman makes £400,000 a year selling jewellery made from customers' body fluids
Amanda Booth, 33, dries out the semen samples buyers send her, turning the semen into powder and and mixing it with clay to create 'pearls'
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Mum, 30, who looks 'young for age' says people always think husband is her dad
Her height and youthful complexion means that Carolyn Fultz, 30, is often mistaken for the babysitter when looking after her own children, aged eight, five and two
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Boy's tummy pain turns out to be a bracelet after he swallows 18 magnetic beads
The youngster had already had his appendix removed after being taken to hospital in agony - but scans later showed the source of his pain to be something far more unusual