The Double-Eyed Man
Believe it or not! Liu Ch’ung was born with double pupils in each eye. Despite his abnormality, he became Governor of Shansi, China, and Minster of State in 995 A.D. Later, through an affair with the Dowager Empress, he had his son proclaimed heir apparent of all China! Although Liu Ch’ung’s condition is extremely rare, other 4-eyed men have been recorded by medical science. In 1931, Robert Ripley personally met a double-eyed man named Henry Hawn living in Mills Kentucky!
— Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! London
See Pupula Duplex: Real or Myth? for an investigation of this story, which leaves it somewhat worse for the wear. It seems medical science isn’t quite so sure this can happen after all. Try telling that to me as a child, though — I was so afraid of this picture that I ran and hid!
