Human Anatomy

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Most Of The Clitoris Lives Inside, Mate

You only see the bonnet; the rest is a lumpy, lovemaking apparatus that sprawls like a secret map under the skin.Read More

There's A Sneaky Bone Hiding Behind Your Knee

Some people grow a tiny spare bone called the fabella in the tendon behind the knee and it has the nerve to cause trouble on occasion.Read More

How Earwax Betrays Your Body Odor

One tiny gene decides whether your earwax is tacky gossip and whether your armpits submit evidence to the room.Read More

That Tiny Fold In Your Eye Is A Third Eyelid Imposter

Nestled in the inner corner of your eye is the plica semilunaris, a vestigial third eyelid - evolution's polite, bureaucratic footnote.Read More

Some People Are Missing A Wrist Tendon And Live To Tell The Tale

Roughly one in eight people lack the palmaris longus tendon - a tiny, vestigial wrist muscle surgeons nick like a spare tyre.Read More
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