The idea of having a twin will forever fascinate me, and National Geographic did a terrific article on them. An excerpt: The story began with the much publicized case of two brothers, both named Jim. Born in Piqua, Ohio, in 1939, Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were put up for adoption as babies and raised… Continue reading Twins
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Sperm bank catalyzing redhead extinction
Cyros International, the world’s biggest sperm bank, doesn’t want redheaded donors anymore. The demand is too low, they stated. I suppose there’s still a chance that the ever-popular brown hair brown eyed donor is a carrier of the recessive mutated MC1R gene, but my completely scientific theory is that even less redheaded babies are going… Continue reading Sperm bank catalyzing redhead extinction
