---
title: "17 Amazing Facts About Your DNA"
description: "Here is a list of some of the more interesting facts about your DNA [caption id=\"attachment_33917\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"587\"] Image credit: OnlineSchools[/caption]"
date: "2014-12-09"
modified: "2014-12-09"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton"
url: "https://futurism.com/17-amazing-facts-dna"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# 17 Amazing Facts About Your DNA

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dna-infograph1.png>)

Here is a list of some of the more interesting facts about your DNA

[![Image credit: OnlineSchools](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dna-facts.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dna-facts.jpg>)
*Image credit: [OnlineSchools](<http://www.onlineschools.org/>)*

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