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The original Siamese twins really were from Siam. When Chang and Eng Bunker were born in 1811 in a small town near Bangkok, they were medical marvels. The twins had fully formed, completely separate bodies, connected only by a small, four-inch bridge of flesh that ran between their stomachs.
They weren’t the first recorded case of conjoined twins to put themselves up for display, that honor as far as anyone can tell, goes to Mary and Eliza Chuklhurst who lived in 12th century England. But the Bunker brothers were so popular that they coined and made famous the phrase “Siamese twins.”
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The original Siamese twins really were from Siam. When Chang and Eng Bunker were born in 1811 in a small town near Bangkok, they were medical marvels. The twins had fully formed, completely separate bodies, connected only by a small, four-inch bridge of flesh that ran between their stomachs.
They weren’t the first recorded case of conjoined twins to put themselves up for display, that honor as far as anyone can tell, goes to Mary and Eliza Chuklhurst who lived in 12th century England. But the Bunker brothers were so popular that they coined and made famous the phrase “Siamese twins.”
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