WTF Stories of the Week - Page 8

Mousey Girl · 04-08-2008, 04:17 PM

no, her name is Dawn.

Kevy Baby · 04-08-2008, 05:31 PM

Kevy Baby · 04-08-2008, 06:09 PM

Baby with 2 faces born in north India
Doctors say infant with rare condition is doing well

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SAINI SUNPURA, India - A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.

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JWBear · 04-08-2008, 06:19 PM

innerSpaceman · 04-08-2008, 06:44 PM

Well, then I'm glad she was born in India ... rather than say, oh, Sparta.

BarTopDancer · 04-08-2008, 07:33 PM

Did you see the other baby in that article?

I wonder why so many birth defects are happening in India.

wendybeth · 04-08-2008, 08:19 PM

While I'm fairly certain there are a lot of conditions such as pollution, poor diet and such could be the culprit, I suspect it's really a numbers game. The sheer volume of babies born in India each day has to be enormous, thus increasing the odds of oddities.

alphabassettgrrl · 04-08-2008, 09:01 PM

I wonder if both faces are functional. Do they have different personalities?

Morrigoon · 04-08-2008, 09:17 PM

Apparently both faces blink and drink

Alex · 04-08-2008, 09:24 PM

I was made curious. And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care. India has a population of 1.1 billion. They have an annual birth rate of 23 births per 1000 people. Resulting in 25.3 million babies born each year.

Here's the number for the top 20 countries. A baby born to a top 20 country has almost a 1/3 chance of being born in India. I suspect China also has a lot of interesting defects but the information infrastructure probably isn't as good at getting the word out.

India - 25.3 million babies born
China - 17.0 million
Nigeria - 5.9 million
Pakistan - 4.4 million
Indonesia - 4.3 million
United States - 4.2 million
Bangladesh - 3.9 million
Brazil - 3.6 million
Ethiopia - 2.9 million
Philippines - 2.3 million
Mexico - 2.1 million
Egypt - 1.8 million
Vietnam - 1.6 million
Russia - 1.5 million
Iran - 1.4 million
Turkey - 1.3 million
Japan - 1.1 million
Thailand - .92 million
France - .78 million
Germany - .67 million

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	While I'm fairly certain there are a lot of conditions such as pollution, poor diet and such could be the culprit, I suspect it's really a numbers game. The sheer volume of babies born in India each day has to be enormous, thus increasing the odds of oddities. __________________
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04-08-2008, 09:24 PM	#80
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I was made curious. And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care. India has a population of 1.1 billion. They have an annual birth rate of 23 births per 1000 people. Resulting in 25.3 million babies born each year. Here's the number for the top 20 countries. A baby born to a top 20 country has almost a 1/3 chance of being born in India. I suspect China also has a lot of interesting defects but the information infrastructure probably isn't as good at getting the word out. India - 25.3 million babies born China - 17.0 million Nigeria - 5.9 million Pakistan - 4.4 million Indonesia - 4.3 million United States - 4.2 million Bangladesh - 3.9 million Brazil - 3.6 million Ethiopia - 2.9 million Philippines - 2.3 million Mexico - 2.1 million Egypt - 1.8 million Vietnam - 1.6 million Russia - 1.5 million Iran - 1.4 million Turkey - 1.3 million Japan - 1.1 million Thailand - .92 million France - .78 million Germany - .67 million
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