The Crazy Truth About These Conjoined Twins Will Blow Your Mind!
A Bond That Binds
On March 7, 1990, the world welcomed Abby and Brittany Hensel. Born conjoined, sharing a body beneath two heads, they defied the odds from the start. Though the survival odds were slim, they not only survived—they flourished. Their condition, dicephalic parapagus, is so extraordinary it occurs in only one out of every 50K to 100K births.
History recalls only the Italian Tocci brothers, Giacomo and Giovanni Battista, who shared a similar fate and lived to adulthood. Each had one arm and one leg, but unlike the Hensel sisters, they never mastered walking. Abby and Brittany, however, have continuously defied expectations.
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