A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing.

The name of the squiggly line "~" is called a tilde.

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.

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