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TIL Kodhini, a tiny village in India's southern state of Kerala, has a surprisingly high twins birth rate — 42 of every 1000 births, almost six times as high as the global average of around 6 per 1000 births. No genetic or environmental factor has been ascertained to this phenomenon yet.

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