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How many years hiccuped record holder for the duration of hiccups, while leading a normal life?

American Charles Osborne began hiccuping in 1922 when he was 28 and continued to do so for 68 years. At the same time, he led a normal life, got married and had eight children. A year after the end of a prolonged bout of hiccups, Osborne died.

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Have people always lived in families?

No one knows how the first family arose. Excavations in ancient caves show that men, women and children lived together in small groups. But these groups were not families of father, mother, and children (as we understand it now), although women probably cared primarily for their own children. The "family" kept the fire and protected themselves from wild animals with the help of primitive weapons.

The family way of life is more necessary for a person than for other living beings. And this is because the most helpless creature on earth is a human child.

Most insects and other lower life forms can move and feed as soon as they are born. But the young of higher forms of life - human or animal - must be fed and protected. The father usually brings food for the mother and protects the baby from enemies. The role of the mother is more important, as she feeds the cub with milk.

Thus, the family appeared because it is necessary for the joint upbringing of offspring. During the hundreds of thousands of years that family life has existed, various forms of family organization have developed among different peoples. In some tribes, the mother's brother stood at the head of the family, and the father had little to do with the children. Pharaohs in ancient Egypt married their sisters.

In biblical times and earlier, a man could have two or more wives. Women of some nations could have several husbands. A marriage in which a man or woman could have more than one spouse is called polygamy. There are still families in Africa and the Middle East where there are several wives, but this custom seems to be dying out.

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