# Bodily Oddities

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Bodily Oddities and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fun, educational and wholesome website that people recommend for learning about bodily oddities. Critics say its AI-generated images have visible artifacts and that it relies only on Wikipedia.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun and educational content (1 comments): "Love this. Thank you for making something fun and educational." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49736425))
- Wholesome, fantastic website (2 comments): "I love this website. It's fantastic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49651321)) "What a nice and wholesome resource." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652012))

## What people warn about

- AI-generated images show artifacts (2 comments): "The artifacts from some of the AI-generated images are a pretty significant detraction." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49664830)) "overshadowed by the lazy AI slop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665440))
- Can cause panic for some (1 comments): "really good job here for those that can enjoy it without inducing panic attacks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49664082))
- Relies only on Wikipedia (1 comments): "This website commits the sins of citing Wikipedia and ONLY Wikipedia." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652736))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

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- [Ian's Shoelace Site](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ian-s-shoelace-site.md): 10 recommend
- [OEIS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oeis.md): 9 recommend
- [RF Cafe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rf-cafe.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Bodily Oddities", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bodily-oddities/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).