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From being inseparable best friends to stealing each other's identities, twins have unique experiences in life. Learn more with our list of twins facts.
1. There have been several reported cases of identity theft in which a twin has used their indistinguishable appearance to steal the identity of their co-twin.
2. An MRI in 2012 showed one fetus kicking at their twin in an apparent bid to gain more legroom.
3. Most aphids are born already pregnant, having absorbed the embryo of their genetic twin while still in their mother's womb.
4. It is possible for fraternal twins to have different racial heritages, either because they have different fathers or simply because they are manifesting different aspects of mixed genes.
5. In India, many people revere and even worship as a deity a girl who was born in 2005 with eight limbs, the result of an unborn co-twin's arms and legs being conjoined to her body.
6. In the 1930s, both New York and New Jersey denied conjoined twin Violet Hilton a marriage license on the grounds that, since she was already "joined" to her co-twin Daisy, her marriage would constitute bigamy.
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7. According to a 2008 report, a married couple in Britain was granted an annulment after they discovered that they were fraternal twins who had been adopted separately at birth.
8. Mothers in their 30s are more than twice as likely to give birth to twins as their younger counterparts; mothers in their 40s are three times as likely.
9. Before the 1980s, around one in every 58 births was a twin birth. Newer fertility treatment options have caused this number to rise: in 2014, one of every 29 births were of twins.
10. There have been at least nine verified cases of twins being accidentally separated at birth due to hospital staff unintentionally switching one twin with an unrelated infant.
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From being inseparable best friends to stealing each other's identities, twins have unique experiences in life. Learn more with our list of twins facts.
1. There have been several reported cases of identity theft in which a twin has used their indistinguishable appearance to steal the identity of their co-twin.
2. An MRI in 2012 showed one fetus kicking at their twin in an apparent bid to gain more legroom.
3. Most aphids are born already pregnant, having absorbed the embryo of their genetic twin while still in their mother's womb.
4. It is possible for fraternal twins to have different racial heritages, either because they have different fathers or simply because they are manifesting different aspects of mixed genes.
5. In India, many people revere and even worship as a deity a girl who was born in 2005 with eight limbs, the result of an unborn co-twin's arms and legs being conjoined to her body.
6. In the 1930s, both New York and New Jersey denied conjoined twin Violet Hilton a marriage license on the grounds that, since she was already "joined" to her co-twin Daisy, her marriage would constitute bigamy.
Photo Credit: Progress Studio, New York
7. According to a 2008 report, a married couple in Britain was granted an annulment after they discovered that they were fraternal twins who had been adopted separately at birth.
8. Mothers in their 30s are more than twice as likely to give birth to twins as their younger counterparts; mothers in their 40s are three times as likely.
9. Before the 1980s, around one in every 58 births was a twin birth. Newer fertility treatment options have caused this number to rise: in 2014, one of every 29 births were of twins.
10. There have been at least nine verified cases of twins being accidentally separated at birth due to hospital staff unintentionally switching one twin with an unrelated infant.
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