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In mammal births, a round lump of flesh covered in skin and fur sometimes appears, called 'amorphous globosus.' It is a twin that failed to develop and survives by parasitizing the other's blood. In cattle, it occurs about once in every 3,500 pregnancies.
When raising cows, farmers feed them a single magnet at around 6-12 months old. This prevents diseases caused by swallowing metal. The magnet stays in the cow's first stomach for life, trapping any metal pieces.
Menthol makes your mouth feel cool without changing the actual temperature. It raises the activation threshold of cold receptors, making you perceive coldness at temperatures that would not normally trigger it.
Walking with same-side arm and leg moving together (lateral walk) is actually the most common gait among mammals — dogs, cats, elephants, and deer all walk this way. In Edo-period Japan, people also walked this way, using a style called "nanba."
Some twins spontaneously create a unique language only they understand, a phenomenon called cryptophasia. The most famous case is June and Jennifer Gibbons, the 'Silent Twins,' whose language was so distinct that even their parents could not comprehend it.