Where do birthmarks come from?
In: Biology
Hi y’all,
This is what I like to call a ‘universal experience thread’. Almost everyone has a birthmark or knows someone who has. As a consequence of that ubiquity, threads like this tend to get a lot of anecdotal replies.
Here at ELI5 we try to maintain a focus on simplified explanations of complex concepts. Anything that isn’t an explanation as described in rule 3 can’t be a reply directly to the OP. That ensures that the sub reliably sees good explanations rise to prominence.
**In this thread in particular a lot of people want you to know about [this relevant podcast episode](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stuff-you-should-know/id278981407#episodeGuid=4311c19a-53a3-11e8-bdec-2fb3b5e218e7) and that various old-wives-tales are nonsense.** ^(Our rules require links to include written explanations, so many were removed.)
Having a comment you spent time crafting removed is a bummer. We like to give a little warning, when we can, to try to save some people from that.
Keep in mind that replies to other comments don’t have that same standard applied to them.
[Here’s a link to the rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/wiki/detailed_rules), which have recently been rewritten to be more informative/clear.
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If you want **even more words** look at the reply below. Users love more words[,](https://youtu.be/vIpk8A8Ts3s?t=8) ^always.
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