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TIL that the Yoruba people of Nigeria have among the highest birthrates of twins in the world, but that a specific town in the country - Igbo-Ora - produces more twins than anywhere in the world. So many twins are born in Igbo-Ora that the town holds a festival to celebrate them.

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