The bond of twins

I have always loved the idea of having twins, particularly identical twins.
The beauty of cute little twin girls or boys is inexplicable, in my opinion.
I see it as one of God's many wonders.
I was told my mum had a set of twins but one died, and I was secretly hoping I'll have a set of twins, but it wasn't to be, so here we are.

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be either monozygotic ("identical"), meaning that they develop from one zygote , which splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic ("fraternal"), meaning that they develop from two different eggs. In fraternal twins, each twin is fertilized by its own sperm cell.
In contrast, a fetus that develops alone in the womb is called a singleton , and the general term for one offspring

Growing up, I used to hear stories of twins feeling each others pain( one twin injures and the other feels pain where his/her twin injured) but I don't know how true that is. I've read of twins even when separated at birth get to do things together and such.

An example is the story of twin brothers, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, who were separated at birth and adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the boys James. Both James grew up not knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training, both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. Both had sons, one of whom was named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women – both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy.

Some facts about twins:

* Twins even identical twins, do not have identical finger prints

*Older moms are naturally more likely to have twins

*Twins can be conceived (and born) up to 24 days apart

*Twins can have different fathers

*There's a gene for fraternal twins

*Tall women are more likely to have twins

*Twins(especially identical twins), live longer than singletons

*some conjoined twins can see, feel and taste what the other one does

*Mirror image twins have reverse asymmetric features. Having birthmarks on opposite sides of their bodies for instance.

*Nigeria is the country with the highest birth rate of twins *yaaay*

*China is the country with the lowest birth rate of twins.

*If a pair of identical male twins marry a pair of identical female twins, their children will legally be cousins but genetically be full siblings.

*One of the easiest ways to tell identical twins apart is their belly buttons

Image from google images.