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8. Men’s Fashion 16th century.

7. Size of a chimpanzee brain compared to one of its testicles.

6. 140 year old mom with her 5 day old son.

5. How Uruguayans wait in line in 93°F weather.

4. A kilogram of coke in the belly.

3. Evolution: When the new meets the old in China.

2. This is what rhino poaching in India looks like, dehorn the animal when it is still alive and leave it to die.

1. 30 Years After Explosion, Engineer Still Blames Himself.


The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, which included five NASA astronauts and two Payload Specialists.



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22. Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia.


This is a form of Fibrous dysplasia which effects more than one bone, it's an abnormal bone growth where normal bone is replaced with fibrous bone tissue. Fibrous dysplasia causes abnormal growth or swelling of bone. it can occurin any part of the skeleton but the bones of the skull, thigh, shin, ribs, upper arm and pelvis whichcauses fractures and deformity. This condition isvery rare, and there is no known cure, but surgeryis an option. Here's one brave girl who went through it all.

Before and after sugery.


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Fish Malador Syndrome.


Struggling with something called trimethylaminuria literally stinks. As a result of the body’s inability to break down a certain organic compound found in numerous foods an afflicted individual tends to give off an overwhelmingly strong fish-smelling odor. Unfortunately there is no cure but thus far people have managed to control it by employing various diets.

21. Human Werewolf Syndrome.


Sure, you may have some hairy friends, but not like this. Formally known as hypertrichosis, there are only about 50 people in the world afflicted with this rare disorder. Unfortunately for them not even laser hair removal is an effective treatment as the hair will rapidly grow back.

Gidoka:
if this one should happen in Nigeria..... the pikin na witch..but explorers this pix are really pitiful..

Lol...na to carry d pikin go flog 4 church.

Nimi22:
When i saw d first picture i shouted Jesus and closed d page i had to re gather confidence before i could continue. Very scary. Thank God for good health.

Lol...

20. Here is a picture of Jonan Falcon getting interrogated at the airport when they thought he was hiding a weapon in his pants. He has the world record for his 13.5 inch penis.

19. Albinism.

Is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin. It is the opposite of melanism. Unlike humans, other animals have multiple pigments and for these, albinism is considered to be a hereditary condition characterised by the absence of melanin in particular, in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, feathers or cuticle.

18. Proteus Syndrome.


Teams of doctors in Australia have tested a drug to help patients affected by Proteus Syndrome, which has been found to be an effective treatment option. Proteus Syndrome, otherwise known as Wiedemann Syndrome, causes skin overgrowth and a typical bone development within the human body. Tumors tend to cover the majority of the body of those afflicted.

17. Exceptionally hairy eyeball.


A young Iranian man knew that since birth, he had a benign tumor on his eye, just below his pupil. But by the time he was 19, the tumor had grown to about a quarter inch thick (0.64 centimeters), and started sprouting hair. The tumor was a limbal dermoid. Although this type of tumor isn’t typically cancerous, it can grow cartilage, hair and sometimes even sweat glands.

16. Kleine Levin Syndrome.


"Also known as sleeping beauty syndrome" Is a strange and little understood disorder that can potentially lead to people sleeping for weeks on end.

15. Exemption from Cold.


Evidently the cold has no effect on him , or at least not to the normal extent. Wim Hof of the Netherlands is giving the medical community yet another reason to be baffled as he climbs Mount Everest with nothing but his shorts on and dives beneath arctic ice for record periods of time.

14. Walking Corpse Syndrome.


Cotards Syndrome is a mental disorder that involves an individual who believes they are either already dead or have lost all of their vital organs. The disorder can very easily lead to unintentional suicides, oftentimes it is brought about by a brain injury and can result in people believing themselves to be immortal.

13. Alopecia Areata.


It is an autoimmune disease; that is, the person’s immune system attacks their own body. A condition that causes a person’s hair to fall out. In this case, their hair follicles. When this happens, the person’s hair begins to fallout, often in clumps the size and shape of a quarter. The extent of the hair loss varies; in some cases, it is only in a few spots. In others, the hair fall can be larger.

12. Neurofibromatosis.

Neurofibromatosis is usually diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood. A genetic disorder that disturbs cell growth in your nervous system, causing tumors to form on nerve tissue. These tumors may develop anywhere in your nervous system, including in your brain, spinal cord and nerves.

11. Progeria.


Is an extremely rare genetic disorder where in symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at a very early age. Progeria is one of several progeroid syndromes. The disorder has a very low incidence rate, occurring in an estimated 1 per 8 million live births. Those born with progeria typically live to their mid teens to early twenties. It is a genetic condition that occurs as a new mutation, and is rarely inherited, as carriers usually do not live to reproduce. Although the term progeria applies strictly speaking to all diseases characterized by premature aging symptoms.

10. Blasting Head Syndrome.


Symptoms of the disease are what sound like a bomb exploding, a gun firing off, a clash of cymbals, or another form of loud noise within ones head while trying to sleep. There are no symptoms of pain, swelling or any other physical aspect, however. Individuals over 50 tend to be the most common recipients, but people as young as 10 have reported occurrences too. Exploding Head Syndrome sounds like something out of a bad horror movie, but it’s actually a serious disease affecting thousands around the world.

9. Stone Man Syndrome.

This extremely rare mutation of the body’s repair mechanism more formally known as Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, often causes injured muscles, tendons, and ligaments to be ossified, or turned to bone. In fact, as the name suggests, within decades a person can be rendered entirely motionless.

8. Birth Defects Caused by Agent Orange.


Agent Orange, an herbicide so named because of the orange color of its storage barrels, was the most heavily used herbicide of the campaign. In addition to military personnel from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States, an estimated 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to herbicides during the war. During the Vietnamese War between 1961 and 1971 the United States armed forces engaged in a defoliation and crop destruction campaign named Operation Ranch Hand.

7. Enormous Visual astrocytoma.

6. Cutaneous Horns.


It is believed that exposure to radiation can trigger the condition cutaneous horns . The cause of cutaneous horns is still unknown. This is evidenced by a higher rate of cases occurring on the face and hands, areas that are often exposed to sunlight. . As with many other wart-like skin conditions, a link to the HPV virus family, especially the HPV-2 subtype has been suggested. Other cases have reported cutaneous horns arising from burn scars.

5. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome.

Symptoms include hallucinations, disorientation, dysmetropsia, or size distortion. Symptoms are common within childhood, but most grow out of it within their teens. Symptoms are not harmful and will disappear in time. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome sounds like something that was completely made up, though it is named after the novel by Lewis Carroll.

4. Lymphatic Filariasis.


Also known as elephantiasis, is caused from a parasitic worm. Cases of the disease have no symptoms at first, though individuals ultimately develop massive amounts of swelling in the arms, legs, or genitals. Skin becomes thicker, and pain can occur.

3. ParryRomberg Syndrome.

A rare disease characterized by progressive shrinkage and degeneration of the tissues beneath the skin, usually on only one side of the face (hemifacial atrophy) but occasionally extending to other parts of the body.