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TIL that redheads may require up to 20% more anesthesia due to a mutation in the MC1R gene, which provides the instruction for a person's pigmentation, their UV response and melanoma risk. They were more sensitive to temperature changes, but were less sensitive to stimulus to electrical currents.

by /u/ScienceandMath5 in /r/todayilearned

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