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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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There are identical twins out there whose parents confused one with the other and now they living their life with the name of the other sibling, never noticing because it doesn't make any difference. (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by Shunned_Marble4378@feddit.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

That's not how identical twins are formed. An egg, fertilized from a single sperm, splits into two, creating two people with identical DNA. You're thinking of fraternal twins, where two separate eggs are fertilized by two separate sperm.

[–] Shunned_Marble4378@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

wait what

[–] funkpandemic@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Normal: 1 egg + 1 sperm make 1 person

Identical twins: 1 egg + 1 sperm make 2 person

[–] MuffinHeeler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fraternal (non identical twins): 2 eggs + 2 sperms make 2 person

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