#1

Mothers of twins live longer

#2

Tall women are bound to have twins

#3

A mother’s body adjusts itself for twins

#4

Polar bears most commonly birth twins

#5

40% of twins develop their own dialects

#6

There is a town in Ukraine where 122 twins live

#7

Identical twins have almost a similar DNA (99.9%)

#8

Morning sickness is worse during twin pregnancy

#9

Every year Twins Day is celebrated in Twinsburg, Ohio

#10

Identical twins don't have indistinguishable fingerprints

#11

The scientific study of twins is known as “gemellology”

#12

Twins can have different dads and be different races

#13

One twin can be getting higher nutrients than the other

#14

Women in their 30s and 40s are more bound to have twins

#15

William Shakespeare was a dad of twins – Judith & Hamnet

#16

Mirror image identical twins have reverse asymmetric features

#17

Identical twins don't generally have a similar hereditary quality

#18

About 1 out of 250 pregnancies end up with identical twin births

#19

Some conjoined twins can feel and taste what the other one does

#20

Twins have a higher pace of left-handedness (22% vs. 10% of singletons)

#21

When identical twins marry identical twins, it’s called a quaternary marriage

#22

Nigeria is the nation that is known for having the highest birth rate of twins

#23

The average time between delivering the first and second twin is 17 minutes

#24

If male twins marry female twins, their children will be genetic siblings

#25

The most straightforward approach to distinguish twins is by their belly buttons

#26

Non-identical twins were brought into the world 97 days apart in 2018/19

#27

Women who eat a ton of dairy products are more inclined to conceive twins

#28

Cryptofasia is the name used to assign the mystery language that two twins can develop

#29

Twins have been appeared to start interacting in the womb as early as 14 weeks

#30

China is the nation with the lowest percentage of twin births, where 1 out of 300 result in multiple births

#31

Vanishing twin syndrome happens when 15-20% of all twin pregnancies result in a miscarriage

#32

Dogs can distinguish identical twins, somewhat because of individual smell that each twin has

#33

Despite appearances, twins prefer to have their own identity, particularly as they grow older

#34

The average birth weight is just 5-pounds 5-ounces (as opposed to the 7-pound 7-ounce average singleton)

#35

In a “one in a million” occurrence, twin sisters in Georgia each gave birth to twin boys around the same time in 2004

#36

Women who consume a ton of cheese are 5 times more likely to have twins than those who eat less

#37

Twins are not telepathic and can’t read each other’s minds, regardless of they do complete each other’s sentences

#38

Taller women are more likely to have twins due to having a larger amount of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) than their shorter partners

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