13 people with extra body parts
Posted by staff / March 3, 2010
Extra body parts can occur more often than people might think. Doctors call the extra appendages “supernumerary” body parts and these can be found on some famous people in history.
Find out more about 13 people who were born with an extra body parts, and who always had a spare hand (or finger or head).
- Anne Boleyn: The second wife to Henry VIII of England, is commonly believed to have had 11 fingers. It was also rumored she had a third breast, but that was probably a lie spread by her enemies. During that time, an extra breast was believed to be the sign of a witch.
- Mark Wahlberg: Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple on the left side of his chest. Early in his career, he considered having it removed, but he later came to accept it.
- Betty Lou Williams: Born in 1932 to a poor farming family in Georgia, Betty Lou Williams born with two extra arms and legs emerging from the side of her body.
Full list at HowStuffWorks.com.
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I never click on howstuffworks links any more too, flipping through a dozen pages is just annoying, i don’t mind breaking it into 2 or 3 pages max, but this is too much
People with extra body parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgAVwDvZcT0
Amazing.