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Anyone who watches the Discovery Health channel knows that nature likes to throw us a lot of genetic curveballs: Siamese twins, extra appendages, chimeras, hermaphrodites...you name it. But you haven't seen anything yet. The people in this article have some of the most startling, unimaginable birth defects the world has ever seen. Suddenly that annoying birthmark of yours doesn't look so bad. picked by DaftGretel 1 year ago tags birth defect defect birth bizarre strange unusual |
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In the most comprehensive U.S. tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of food, an independent laboratory found a compound linked to birth defects in more than half of the samples of canned fruit, vegetables, soda, and baby formula from supermarket shelves. picked by Neiako 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A panda gave birth to twins in southwest China, surprising researchers who were only expecting a single cub. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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"I'm older than you!" 10 comments edit related share weird"Nuh-uh... check out the birth certificate!" "B-b-but you were born SECOND." "Yeah, but I was still 26 minutes ahead of you!" Wait, what?! picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago |
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Florida woman,59, gives birth to daughter's twins, so she can recover from cancer. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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After a six-hour struggle and with the help of four midwives, her son Shaune made his entry into the world weighing an astonishing 14lb 7oz, almost twice the birth weight of the average baby. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Lone female in aquarium gives birth to a pup without ever coming into contact with a male. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 9 comments edit related share science |
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There's enough controversy about creating "perfect" babies, what about parents who want to create babies with selected defects? picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago 12 comments edit related share science |
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"I was home sick on June 14, 2002, so I was able to capture the birth of 42 red-sided garter snake babies. It was, to say the least, a messy process, but a fascinating one." picked by MissWinkle 6 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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A British woman has given birth to rare identical triplets in Austria. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Jennifer Gold said nurses watched as she gave birth to her son Sonny last Friday morning in a car parked outside the Miles Hospital on the Darling Downs. Ms Gold said that instead of being admitted, she and her partner were left outside. picked by maxriter 12 months ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Galaxies tend to give birth to their stars on the road, while travelling down intergalactic highways towards cosmic cities called galaxy clusters, new Spitzer Space Telescope observations reveal. Galaxies in relatively empty regions of the universe flock towards densely populated galaxy clusters, attracted there by the clusters' gravity. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Tom Brady, multi-millionaire quarterback, occasional Super Bowl hero, lover of beautiful women and soon-to-be accidental father, is about to receive a little more protection in the pocket. 0 comments edit related share plime.comCondom Man sells Durex condoms, Trojan condoms, Beyond Seven condum, Crown condums, safe sex products, birth control and more! As low as 10 cents each. picked by superkevbo 2 years ago |
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A fake government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A woman on a hen night who did not know she was pregnant gave birth while dressed in a bumblebee costume. 19 comments edit related share plime.comDang, no pics... picked by bevissimo 5 months ago |
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Chile's government on Tuesday publicly apologized after a woman was forced to give birth in the lavatory of a public hospital. picked by acemak 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. picked by imnotyoo 3 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Hollywood residents believe they have found a humane way to reduce the out-of-control pigeon population and the mess that comes with it - birth control pill. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Was Tidbit the blacktip reef shark the first shark to carry a hybrid baby, or was this another case of virgin birth (parthenogenesis)? picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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An Algerian woman gave birth to seven babies at a public hospital in the capital Algiers. The mother gave birth to a boy and six girls. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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They call her Mother for a reason. When the five-year Hereford gave birth over and over and over again Sunday, she beat long odds and accomplished what few beef cows do -- she had given birth to quadruplets. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |