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All Blacks prop Karl Tu'inukuafe awaits arrival of twins

The All Blacks loosehead prop is back at home in Auckland preparing for the arrival of twins, following a breakout season in which he's gone from an uncontracted Super Rugby player to playing 13 tests.

Tu'inukuafe told Nine to Noon it's been a crazy year.

"I still need to pinch myself on the daily," he said.

"Just wondering how lucky I am, being where I am and being able to support my family.

"Just really, really grateful and happy."

Seeing double for science

Everywhere you look there are identical twins, all of them wearing matching outfits. Here, two stout gray-haired men dressed as pilgrims. Over there, a pair of bearded dudes in lederhosen, hoisting trays stacked with mugs of beer. Even the baby girls in the two-seat stroller, sporting Steelers onesies, are spitting images.

This double-vision spectacle is Twins Days, an annual festival that brings thousands of twins from around the globe to northeastern Ohio to celebrate their twin-ness. The festival bills itself as the largest annual gathering of twins in the world.

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They have the same chocolate coloured hair, they share dark, almond-shaped eyes and have a similar impish smile. 

Since birth their family, friends and teachers have mixed them up. When their high school prom dates came to their house in a small town in east Texas, the two boys could not tell which twin they were there to collect.

Touching video shows toddler rescuing twin

A home surveillance video shows Bowdy trying for almost two minutes to free his brother from under the furniture -- eventually succeeding. The boys' parents posted the video to social media to highlight the importance of securing furniture to make homes childproof, they said.

"We were hesitant to post this video initially," Ricky Shoff, the boys' father told CNN, "but a lot of parents have probably made the same mistake that we made, (they) don't have their furniture secure or bolted to a wall."

The twins born in different years

Jaelyn Valenica was born on New Year's Eve in San Diego at 11:59pm. Her twin brother, Luis Valencia Jr, arrived at 12:01am on New Year's Day.

The babies were due at the end of January, but doctors at San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center called the mother in because one was in a breech position, KGTV-TV reported.

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