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April 30, 2004

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

     Q.  Are "Siamese triplets" possible?

    A.  Conjoined twins are rare enough, identical twins developing with a single placenta from a single fertilized ovum, more often female than male, occurring once in every 200,000 live births, one in every 40,000 births overall, says zygote.swarthmore.edu.


     
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