Chang and Eng, born in 1811 in Melange, Siam, gave a new phase to the English language. They were the first, the original Siamese Twins, a term used to describe any two human beings joined at birth by living tissue. When news of the strange and unusual birth reached the king of Siam, he decided the babies should be put to death. King Rama II, thought such a birth was an evil sign an omen that ...