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Your belly button is as unique as a fingerprint

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The heavily scarred physical divot sitting in the middle of your abdomen is as completely unique as a fingerprint. The chaotic way the umbilical tissue historically healed leaves an entirely distinctive crater, meaning no two humans share the exact same chaotic midsection knot.

Your belly button is as unique as a fingerprint
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