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Fun Fingerprint Facts

Aug 7, 2009

Who would have guess fingerprints could be so fun?! Here are some facts that might just blow your mind:

  • Some people have no fingerprints (talk about the perfect criminal)
  • Relatives can have the same fingerprint patterns
  • In 1905 Brothers Alfred and Albert Stratton were the first individuals to be convicted by fingerprint evidence
  • The FBI has a fingerprint database that is 10x as big as there DNA database
  • An average of 34,000 new prints are added to the database every day
  • Birds have fingerprints
  • We all have unique eye and tongue prints also

Now you can wow all your friends with all these fun fingerprint facts – go get um!

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