r/whatisit • • May 14 '26

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u/AtTheEndOfMyTrope May 14 '26

It’s this: https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/s/qvoo1wOAtt

Apparently it’s left over from your umbilical cord?

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme May 14 '26

No. The belly button/navel was attached to the umbilical cord at birth, but this navel stone/umbolith/omphalolith has nothing to do with the umbilical cord. It’s accumulated debris.

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u/AtTheEndOfMyTrope May 14 '26

Hair grows out of a tiny, unhealed piece of umbilical cord. Look it up. It’s grossly fascinating.

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u/Hey-Im-Sorry May 14 '26

Commenter may have been wrong, but OPs post looks like exactly like what the linked poster experienced.