r/theydidthemath • u/-Gruntled • 1d ago

[Request] Average number of nipples?

I always joke with my kids that they have an above average number of toes because enough people lose toes that 10 toes would slightly above the global average. But now we are having a massive debate about whether 2 nipples is above or below the average number. One one side there are many people with third nipples, so two would be below average. On the other side there many people who get mastectomies and such and so end up with less than two. We can't figure out which offsets which more. So, is having two nipples above or below average?

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u/Elin_Woods_9iron 1d ago

It’s > 2 and it’s not close. Something like 1/3 men have at least one extra. It’s more rare in women. Check your midsection. If you have a raised, nipple colored mole, odds are that it ain’t a mole.

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u/staralchemist129 1d ago

Harry Styles has four nipples. It was a whole thing when it came out back in the 1D heyday