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In 2011 the Belly Button Biodiversity project was created to study bacteria in the naval. Researchers found 2,368 different species from just 66 people, half of which were previously unknown. The average person hosted 67 different species, but no single species was common to every person.

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Fun Fact: In 2011 the Belly Button Biodiversity project was created to study bacteria in the naval. Researchers found 2,368 different species from just 66 people, half of which were previously unknown. The average person hosted 67 different species, but no single species was common to every person.

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