Fun twin facts!

Longest Living Twins The longest living twins ever to be recorded were Kin and Gin, two twins from Japan. Kin and Gin, which in Japanese means silver and gold, were born on a farm in Japan on August 1st, 1892. Kin died on January 23rd, 2000 at age 108 and Gin died a year later on Feburary, 2001 at 108.

Greatest Height Difference Between Twins
Two twins from Denton, Montana were born 1925. Named Don and Khardra Koehler, they were just average kid but when they turned 10, Don began to grow. As an adult Don was a shocking 8'2'' while his sister was 5'5''. There was a whole 29 inch height difference.

Heaviest Twins
Billy and Benny McGuire were born 1946 in Henderson, NC. Billy weighed 748 pounds and Benny weighed 723 pounds. Billy died July 13th, 1979 in Ontario Canada in an automobile accident while Benny died March 26, 2001 due to heart failure. They were married to a pair of Canadian sister who weighed 115 and 130 pounds.

Most Sets of Twin and Multiples Carried by One Woman
In Russia, Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev gave birth to 69 children, 67 of whom survived infancy with most surving to adulthood. This is the only authentic case of a woman having over 60 children.
Here's the counts: 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets!

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