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28 Doses of Trivia That We Dare You to Wrap Your Mind Around

By:: Eric B

August 15, 2023

28 Doses of Trivia That We Dare You to Wrap Your Mind Around

Being known as “The (Anything) Twins” is usually a good indication that you and your buddy are a couple of weirdos. Two black sheep who found each other amidst the flock; a pair of ne'er-do-wells who teamed up to do well in a manner heretofore thought to be impossibly sporadic.

But if you come to be called “The Silent Twins”? You know you’ve crossed the line between “scamp” and “sociopath.” Read on to learn about the horrifying lives of The Silent Twins, and a bunch of other haunting bits of trivia…

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The Silent Twins were spookier than the twins from The Shining. After a youthful spree of arsons landed them in a psychiatric hospital for 14 years, Jennifer and June Gibbons decided they couldn't live a normal life as twins. Jennifer spontaneously died, June began getting healthier, and went on to live out a normal life. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twins can be conceived up to 24 days apart. It's called superfetation, and it's extremely rare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Separated at birth, twins still often live bizarrely similar lives. The most inexplicable case involves two guys who, besides having similar aptitudes in school and jobs as adults, each had two wives, a son, and a dog with the exact same names. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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The biggest known age gap is 87 days. One was born premature, and almost definitely lords that over their younger, presumably much more robust sibling. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twinsburg, ОН hosts an annual Twins Festival. Twins Days is open to all, but there are some twin-only activities. LIke, maybe, beckoning a child to come play with you forever and ever. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twins have distinct fingerprints but near-identical brainwaves. While most people have a unique musk, twins' scents are also indistinguishable to the human nose. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twins play with each other in utero. They start kicking and poking each other like it's a long car ride as early as 14 weeks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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There's a little-known third type of twin. STRP NEW Chris Mirror-image twins are just what they sound like, and they're biologically distinct from identical twins. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twins are on the decline. Not because they're risking their lives for stock photography. Lots of twins are the result of in vitro fertilization, and advances in IVF technology allow doctors to avoid turning people into Russian nesting dolls. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twins tend to live longer. Statistically, twins live longer than normies. Twin moms live longer, too. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Breastfeeding and consuming dairy increase your odds of birthing twins. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Twins can have different fathers. Two different sperm sources within the same ovulation window means two genetically distinct babies! NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Someone got away with a daring heist because he's a twin. Berlin police found DNA at the scene of a spectacular 2009 jewel robbery, but have been unable to pin it on either Abbas O. or his brother Hassan. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Some conjoined twins can feel and taste each other's sensations and... mouths? NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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40% of twins develop a unique, secret language. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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But dogs can smell the difference. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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1 in 5 twins is left-handed. That's more than double the rate of the un-betwinned population. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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Tall and older women are more likely to have twins. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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