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    A Colombian twin inside a twin

    A woman in Colombia gave birth to a baby girl whose stomach contained the tiny body of her own twin sister, according to a report by the The New York Times.

    The phenomenon is called a "fetus-in-fetus" and although extremely rare, it has happened previously. The Times reports that this type of birth was described in a British medical journal in 1808 and has happened more recently in India, Indonesia and Singapore.

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