The country with the highest consumption of candy at 29.5 pounds annually per person is Denmark.

Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.

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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