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.

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.

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