Cilantro tastes like soap. Mosquitoes love you specifically. You can’t fall asleep before 2 a.m. no matter how hard you try. There’s a reason for all of it — and it’s usually hiding in your DNA.

 

How Many of These Genetic Quirks Do You Have?

Take the two-minute quiz and find out how many of these traits apply to you — and what your genes might have to do with each one.

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