so uh so where’d you get this done no no
we’re born like this
cool cool ever look at yourself and
think I could sure use another one with
me attached somewhere on my body well
here a few facts about people who have
never thought that in their lives and
who probably think you’re pretty
insensitive
it was then I knew the only option was
to separate you two
immediately welcome to watchmojo.com and
we’re counting down the five most
interesting facts that you probably
didn’t know about conjoined twins number
5
twins are conjoined in many ways the
classic idea of conjoined twins in
popular media is usually two identical
siblings joined at the hip or torso in
reality there are almost a dozen types
of conjoined twins siblings joined at
the chest or thora copic as twins make
up almost 40% of all cases the girls
were born attached at the chest and
abdomen joined from the middle of the
breastbone down to the navel they share
a heart which makes separation surgery
fatal to at least one of them on
falafels guess twins are joined from the
breastbone to the waist and can share a
liver as well as gastrointestinal and
ginetto urinary functions cranial
focused twins are joined at the cranium
but this category is extremely rare and
occurs in only about 2% of conjoined
twins their brain mass is joined so
instead of being butted together like
this they are a zipper affected like
this so they’re like this one big zipper
number four conjoined twins are icons in
biddin didn’t england local folklore has
that in binden twins Mary Ann Eliza
Chell cursed were born joined at the hip
and possibly the shoulder in the year
1100 they lived to the ripe old age of
34 which I imagine was actually pretty
good in those days it left a generous
amount of money and land to the church
after their deaths apparently making
them local icons of charity became a
tradition to prepare baked goods shaped
like them and distribute them to the
less fortunate
historical evidence is spotty know and
many believe that these sisters were
just a colorful legend invent
by the town solo line there is some
evidence of such a pair of hidden din
twins existing in the 17th century
though regardless the charitable
distributions that Mary Ann Eliza
supposedly enabled along with the cakes
they inspired continue to this day
number three separating twins is risky
since the 1950s one twin out of every
conjoined pair has survived separation
only around 75% of the time although
there is a 68 percent chance of
successful separation if twins are
joined at the base of the spine there
are currently no survivors of separation
surgery for siblings who share a heart
Ben Carson the American surgeon who
recently ran for leadership of the
Republican Party first made his mark in
a groundbreaking 1987 operation that
separated infant twins joined at the
back of the head I’m the only one to
separate Siamese twins though it was
widely declared a success as both winds
lived the two boys had major
neurological damage and have required
constant care for their entire lives
even with gifted surgeons performing the
operation there are no guarantees to
these procedures not quite know how to
tell you guys this but we lost them dr.
Carson good news I found Bob and Walt
someone took them upstairs
Oh fantastic by the way the operation
was a smashing success
number two just how rare are conjoined
twins if you’re wondering why you’re not
friends with more conjoined twins then
it might be because you’re still calling
them Siamese twins Siamese twins
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conjoined twins but it’s probably
because they’re so rare in fact only one
in every two hundred thousand live
births will result in conjoined twins
about 70 percent of which are female if
a person has a 1 in 3,000 chance of
getting struck by lightning and his or
her life then by using some fancy but
dubious math that I’m totally guessing
about this means that you’re 66 times
more likely to be fried by electricity
from the sky then you are to be born a
conjoined twin
I’ve conjoined twins ever been struck by
lightning we couldn’t find any case of
that happening and the odds are
approximately infinity to 1 I’m guessing
I ever tell you I’ve been struck by
lightning seven times
once when I was repairing a leak on the
roof
number one the term Siamese twins came
from twins from Siam so like I was
saying if you’re still saying Siamese
twins
then you’re inaccurate and archaic the
Chang and Eng were both in fact born in
Siam and they were in fact twins but at
least there’s a historical basis for the
term Eng and Chang bunker were born
joined at the lower chest in Thailand
which was known as Siam at the time in
1811 they gained celebrity and touring
circus shows and eventually ended up in
the United States there they bought a
farm and found two very open-minded
sisters with whom to start an
unconventional but happy family you
might be wondering how did they with
their wives I mean yep they had 21
children between them why do they have
so many children anyway because of their
origin they were billed as Siamese twins
and because of their fame the term
eventually stuck and began applying to
anyone who was born conjoined so what do
you think it would be like being a
conjoined twin for more miraculous
toptenz and different but normal top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
[Music]
you
we’re born like this
cool cool ever look at yourself and
think I could sure use another one with
me attached somewhere on my body well
here a few facts about people who have
never thought that in their lives and
who probably think you’re pretty
insensitive
it was then I knew the only option was
to separate you two
immediately welcome to watchmojo.com and
we’re counting down the five most
interesting facts that you probably
didn’t know about conjoined twins number
5
twins are conjoined in many ways the
classic idea of conjoined twins in
popular media is usually two identical
siblings joined at the hip or torso in
reality there are almost a dozen types
of conjoined twins siblings joined at
the chest or thora copic as twins make
up almost 40% of all cases the girls
were born attached at the chest and
abdomen joined from the middle of the
breastbone down to the navel they share
a heart which makes separation surgery
fatal to at least one of them on
falafels guess twins are joined from the
breastbone to the waist and can share a
liver as well as gastrointestinal and
ginetto urinary functions cranial
focused twins are joined at the cranium
but this category is extremely rare and
occurs in only about 2% of conjoined
twins their brain mass is joined so
instead of being butted together like
this they are a zipper affected like
this so they’re like this one big zipper
number four conjoined twins are icons in
biddin didn’t england local folklore has
that in binden twins Mary Ann Eliza
Chell cursed were born joined at the hip
and possibly the shoulder in the year
1100 they lived to the ripe old age of
34 which I imagine was actually pretty
good in those days it left a generous
amount of money and land to the church
after their deaths apparently making
them local icons of charity became a
tradition to prepare baked goods shaped
like them and distribute them to the
less fortunate
historical evidence is spotty know and
many believe that these sisters were
just a colorful legend invent
by the town solo line there is some
evidence of such a pair of hidden din
twins existing in the 17th century
though regardless the charitable
distributions that Mary Ann Eliza
supposedly enabled along with the cakes
they inspired continue to this day
number three separating twins is risky
since the 1950s one twin out of every
conjoined pair has survived separation
only around 75% of the time although
there is a 68 percent chance of
successful separation if twins are
joined at the base of the spine there
are currently no survivors of separation
surgery for siblings who share a heart
Ben Carson the American surgeon who
recently ran for leadership of the
Republican Party first made his mark in
a groundbreaking 1987 operation that
separated infant twins joined at the
back of the head I’m the only one to
separate Siamese twins though it was
widely declared a success as both winds
lived the two boys had major
neurological damage and have required
constant care for their entire lives
even with gifted surgeons performing the
operation there are no guarantees to
these procedures not quite know how to
tell you guys this but we lost them dr.
Carson good news I found Bob and Walt
someone took them upstairs
Oh fantastic by the way the operation
was a smashing success
number two just how rare are conjoined
twins if you’re wondering why you’re not
friends with more conjoined twins then
it might be because you’re still calling
them Siamese twins Siamese twins
[Music]
conjoined twins but it’s probably
because they’re so rare in fact only one
in every two hundred thousand live
births will result in conjoined twins
about 70 percent of which are female if
a person has a 1 in 3,000 chance of
getting struck by lightning and his or
her life then by using some fancy but
dubious math that I’m totally guessing
about this means that you’re 66 times
more likely to be fried by electricity
from the sky then you are to be born a
conjoined twin
I’ve conjoined twins ever been struck by
lightning we couldn’t find any case of
that happening and the odds are
approximately infinity to 1 I’m guessing
I ever tell you I’ve been struck by
lightning seven times
once when I was repairing a leak on the
roof
number one the term Siamese twins came
from twins from Siam so like I was
saying if you’re still saying Siamese
twins
then you’re inaccurate and archaic the
Chang and Eng were both in fact born in
Siam and they were in fact twins but at
least there’s a historical basis for the
term Eng and Chang bunker were born
joined at the lower chest in Thailand
which was known as Siam at the time in
1811 they gained celebrity and touring
circus shows and eventually ended up in
the United States there they bought a
farm and found two very open-minded
sisters with whom to start an
unconventional but happy family you
might be wondering how did they with
their wives I mean yep they had 21
children between them why do they have
so many children anyway because of their
origin they were billed as Siamese twins
and because of their fame the term
eventually stuck and began applying to
anyone who was born conjoined so what do
you think it would be like being a
conjoined twin for more miraculous
toptenz and different but normal top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
[Music]
you
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