QUICK EXPLANATION!! Josephine Myrtle Corbin was born in 1868 in Tennessee with a rare congenital condition called dipygus, which caused her body to split at the pelvis resulting in two separate pelvises and four legs. The two inner legs were smaller and underdeveloped, but surprisingly, each leg belonged to a separate half of her body. Myrtle even had two functioning reproductive systems, a fact that astonished doctors of the time. Her parents, seeing an opportunity, began exhibiting her in trav

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Josephine Myrtle Corbin) was born with four legs… and became a mother of five. Doctors said she wouldn’t survive a week — she lived for 60 years. People paid to stare at her, but she made them stand and clap. In the 1800s, she earned $14,000 a week — that’s over ₹11 lakh per week today! They called her a freak… she became a phenomenon. Born different. Lived powerful. Died unforgettable. #JosephineMyrtleCorbin #FourLeggedGirl #UnbelievableFacts #RareHumans | Konnectwommen