Used in a sentence: "Don't mock those holding their hand over the wrong side of their body during the pledge UNLESS and UNTIL you've confirmed that they are not a Mirror Man like Randy Foye."
You know me ... always learning stuff. Recently, courtesy of the new PBS series '9 Months That Made You', I learned about a genetic medical condition called "situs inversus", which is apparently when, during gestation, little bodies form with organs placed in a perfectly mirrored image from the way everyone else has them.
I imagine you have to know if you are one, or else run the risk of confusing doctors who go looking for a liver and find a stomach instead. My favorite anecdote about the condition, though, was the basketball player mentioned above who said his teammates make fun of him at games because he puts his hand over his heart the opposite way that they do.
And now you know. Situs inversus. Mirror People. Look it up ...
A BIT MORE ABOUT THE CONDITION:
http://www.healthline.com/health/situs-inversus#Overview1
SOMEONE LIVING WITH THE INVERSION:
http://www.si.com/si-wire/2013/10/04/randy-foyes-heart-is-in-the-wrong-place
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MAN IN THE MIRROR (SHAMON):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps
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