In 2005, a baby was born with a second head that could blink and smile!
In 2005, an Egyptian girl named Manar Maged was born with a condition called craniopagus parasiticus. It’s a very rare birth defect that happens when an embryio starts splitting into identical twins, but the process doesn’t complete.
It’s usually manifested as an extra limb or trunk, but in her case, it was an extra head. The twin could blink and smile but it was not capable of independent live. She underwent a 13-hour operation to remove the twin.
There had been 10 previous surgical cases like hers, but she was the only one who survived the operation. Unfortunately, while the original operation was successful, she died of complications a little over a year after the surgery.