How Twins Work How Twins Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2010

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Twin siblings are common enough that most people know a pair or two, but why does twinning occur? Josh and Chuckers explain where twins (and babies) come from, discuss different types of twins and debunk some "twin myths" in this episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
0:33.2	It's ready.
0:34.0	Are you?
0:35.8	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.
0:39.7	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:47.5	I'm Josh Clark.
0:48.6	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:51.7	Someone asked me on Facebook what the W stood for.
0:54.5	Do you see that?
0:55.5	I saw it and you said, well, Amina.
0:56.5	Yeah, it's not true.
0:57.5	But I'm not telling.
0:58.8	I know what it stands for.
1:00.0	What should you do?
1:01.3	I don't know if I know your name.
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