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07-13-2016, 11:47 AM
Chinese village with 39 sets of twins can't explain how it has so many
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Could there be something in the water in this remote Chinese village?
Jiangjin village in Chongqin, China, started making headlines after it was recently discovered that the village has a rather high number of twins.
SEE ALSO: The men in a remote farming village are having problems finding mates (http://mashable.com/2016/07/05/china-bachelor-village/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Out of the 367 families (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1986061/seeing-double-tiny-chinese-village-has-39-sets-twins) living in the village, there's a total of 39 sets of twins, with the oldest aged 89, and the youngest at nine months old.
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Apparently, the "twin phe**me**n" in Jiangjin is **t exclusive to just its humans — the village's chickens have also been laying double yolk eggs (http://nextshark.com/chinese-town-39-identical-twins-**-one-k**ws/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/chinese-village-39-twins/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Could there be something in the water in this remote Chinese village?
Jiangjin village in Chongqin, China, started making headlines after it was recently discovered that the village has a rather high number of twins.
SEE ALSO: The men in a remote farming village are having problems finding mates (http://mashable.com/2016/07/05/china-bachelor-village/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Out of the 367 families (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1986061/seeing-double-tiny-chinese-village-has-39-sets-twins) living in the village, there's a total of 39 sets of twins, with the oldest aged 89, and the youngest at nine months old.
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/READPXRl2jiGpb6b3LY4CYSGV9s=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F143335%2FBR92FD5P00AP0001.jpg
Image: 163.com (http://news.163.com/photoview/00AP0001/2188339.html#p=BR92FD5P00AP0001)
Apparently, the "twin phe**me**n" in Jiangjin is **t exclusive to just its humans — the village's chickens have also been laying double yolk eggs (http://nextshark.com/chinese-town-39-identical-twins-**-one-k**ws/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/chinese-village-39-twins/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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