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Some famous twins in history:
Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene (1st century BC), twin children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica (6th century), founders of the religious Benedictine Order for monks and nuns.
King James II of Scotland and Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, born in 1430.
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Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811–January 17, 1874) were the twin brothers whose condition and birthplace became the basis for the term Siamese twins (conjoined twins). The Bunkers were joined at the sternum by a small piece of cartilage. Their livers were fused but independently complete. Although 19th century medicine did not have the means to, modern advances in surgical technology would have easily allowed them to be separated today. In 1829, they were discovered in Siam by British merchant Robert Hunter and exhibited as a curiosity during a world tour. Upon termination of their contract with their discoverer, they successfully went into business for themselves. In 1839, while visiting Wilkesboro, North Carolina with P.T. Barnum, the twins were attracted to the town and settled there, becoming naturalized United States citizens.
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Twin Sitters (1994): directed and written by John Paragon and starring Peter and David Paul and Christian and Joseph Counsins. Tagline: You're never home alone when you're a twin! Plot Outline: An evil business executive (played by George Lazenby), is releasing dangerous toxins and the Barbarian Brothers set out to stop his evil work.
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Historically, about 1 in 80 human births (1.25%) has been the result of a twin pregnancy. The rate of twinning varies greatly among ethnic groups, ranging as high as about 6% for the Yoruba or 10% for a tiny Brazilian village. The widespread use of fertility drugs causing hyperovulation (stimulated release of multiple eggs by the mother) has caused what some call an "epidemic of multiple births". In 2001, for the first time ever in the US, the twinning rate exceeded 3% of all births. Thus, approximately 6% of children born in the US in 2001 were twins. Nevertheless, the rate of identical twins remains at about 1 in 250 across the globe, further suggesting that pregnancies resulting in identical twins occur randomly.
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Some monozygotic twins are known as "mirror twins" or mirror image twins. These are identical twins with opposite features, that is, one may be right-handed and the other left-; mirrored hair curls, etc. This condition is comparatively rare in humans. It results from a late split of the fertilized egg at around 9-12 days. One mirror may have situs inversus, where some or all of the organs are on the opposite side of the body, such as the heart on the right (dextrocardia). Such conditions are usually associated with a higher incidence of other birth defects.
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My Evil Twin by They Might Be Giants
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Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo, fraternal twin children of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars series.
Julius and Vincent Benedict (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito), fraternal twin brothers in the movie Twins.
Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers (both played by Hayley Mills) or Hallie Parker and Annie James (both played by Lindsay Lohan), identical twin sisters separated in babyhood after parents' divorce, in two movie versions of The Parent Trap (based on the book by Erich Kästner).
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Twin Sisters Vegetables Soup
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The following are twins-related :
Twin monks who rang church bells died. They were dead ringers.
Unborn twins are womb-mates.
She was always calling for her twins, "on the double."
Some twins cause pair annoy-ya.
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An evil twin is the concept in fiction (especially science fiction and fantasy) of someone equal to a character in all respects, except for a radically inverted morality (and often some changes in appearance, stereotypically a goatee, for the audience's convenience). The similarities and differences of twins has long held a fascination for writers. Perhaps the oldest depiction of this idea is the biblical story of Cain and Abel in which one brother is the jealous counterpart of the other.
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Constant togetherness is fine -- but only for Siamese twins. (Victoria Billings)
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Alice and Nelly Clarke (born 1900), oldest twins in Britain
Mary Crombie, longest-lived person born a twin (1890-2003), sister died at 94
Thomas and Grace Houghton-Burnett (born 2002), heaviest mixed sex twins born in the UK (Thomas 10 lb 1 oz or 4.56 kg - Grace 8 lb 2 oz or 3.69 kg), Also heaviest twins born via normal delivery in the UK (rather than by Caesarean section) [2]
Gin Kanie and Kin Narita (born 1892), oldest twins in Japan and national icons, died 2001 and 2000 respectively
James and Thomas Mollekin, Britain's tallest twins (6ft 10in (208cm)).
Rumaisa Rahman, born September 19, 2004 with twin sister Hima Rahman, is the smallest recorded baby born in history, at eight inches (203 mm) long.
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There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. (Chinese Proverb)
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