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The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
Oh this poor woman! Her stomach must have been so stretched out... I wonder if they all had the same father.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
I can just see an elephant trying its little heart out to jump over a tiny stick blocking its path, but cannot because of its genetic make up....
Since this is my first blog, I want to describe one of my hobbies. I like to look for random facts anywhere I can. Most likely my blog will turn into several entries of facts I have found and wanted to comment on. Here is my first one:
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
This doubles over as a pet peeve of mine. I am constantly forgetting the word I want to use in daily conversation. I also have the problem of not knowing how to spell the word I want to use, like if I'm writing a letter or a text message, and I often resort to using a different word that I can spell.
