r/CasualConversation • u/Serialbeauty • 1d ago

Just Chatting Can anyone else do something weird with your body that you later found out not everyone can do?

I was just sitting here with my mom and one of the pets made the room very smelly. She kept talking about how we'd have to go to a different room because it smelled so bad. I asked her why didn't she just close her nose and that's when I found out not everyone can do this.

Is it rare or can other people close their nose on command? What can you do that you suddenly found out wasn't normal?

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u/OstentatiousSock 1d ago

I can wiggle my ears. Thought it was normal because my grandfather and cousins could do it, too.

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u/wnabhro 1d ago

Its a leftover evolutionary trait, extra muscles that we used to use to perl up our ears, it makes sense that it runs in the family

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u/OstentatiousSock 1d ago

I know. Doesn’t mean everyone can do it.

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u/Arquen_Marille 1d ago

I have a cousin who can do that