| Biggest tumor on record Dr. Arthur Spohn, 1905, removed ovarian cyst, 328 lbs.; full recovery. Biggest white-collar crime on record Yasuo Hamanaka, Japanese copper trader, pleaded guilty, 1997, forgery/fraud; illicit trading cost employer Sumitomo $2.6 bil in 10 yrs. Biggest baby on record Anna Bates' 24 lb boy, Seville, OH, 1879. Most babies Born/survived: 7 (septuplets.) Have been 8 (octuplets,) not all survived. Have been 9 (nonuplets,) 0 survived. Highest reported: 10; few, if any, survived. Report of 15 fetuses thanks to fertility treatments gone awry, not successful. Largest iceberg on record 1956, 200x60 mi, larger than Belgium. Largest iceberg on record 1956, 200x60 mi, larger than Belgium. Worse than Hiroshima or Nagasaki Most devastating WWII bombing not Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Firebombing Tokyo Mar. 9, '45. Most buildings made of wood/paper; 1660 tons of incendiary bombs; one of most densely populated areas in world. Over 100k civilians died, 100k others injured. |
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