World's Oddest Mothers

1) Mother of Most Surviving Children From a Single Birth (8 babies)

Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman Gutierrez, known as Octomom in the media, is an American woman who came to international attention when she gave birth to octuplets in January 2009. The Suleman octuplets are only the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States and, one week after their birth, surpassed the previous worldwide survival rate for a complete set of octuplets set by the Chukwu octuplets in 1998. The circumstances of their high order multiple birth have led to controversy in the field of assisted reproductive technology as well as an investigation by the Medical Board of California of the fertility specialist involved. Public reaction turned negative when it was discovered that the single mother already had other six young children at home at the time and was not financially independent. Suleman, who was unemployed and on public assistance programs at the time, conceived the octuplets and her six older children via in-vitro fertilization.

2) World's Youngest Mother (5 years old)

Into the hospital at Pisco (Peru) came a tired, ragged Indian woman from the foothills of the Andes. She led by the hand a shy little girl, scarcely three feet tall, with chestnut braids and an enormously bulging abdomen. Pointing to the frightened child, theIndian woman begged surgeon Geraldo Lozada to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of her. Certain that little Lina Medina had an abdominal tumor, Dr. Lozada examined her and received the surprise of his life when he discovered she was eight months pregnant.

Dr. Lozada took her to Lima, the capital of Peru, prior to the surgery, to have other specialists confirm that Lina was in fact pregnant. A month and a half later, on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a boy by a caesarean section that was needed due to her small pelvis. Her son weighed 2.7 kg (6 lb) at birth and was named Gerardo after her doctor. Gerardo was raised believing that Lina was his sister, but found out at the age of ten that she was his mother.

3) World's Oldest First Time Mother (70 years old)

Meet Rajo Devi Lohan, the Indian woman who, in November 2008, gave birth to her first child - at the age of 70. She said she had waited for more than 40 years for this child and that she plans to breastfeed her for at least three years. And, who knows, maybe she will.

4) The Mother With the Most Births (69 kids)

Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782), was a peasant from Shuya, Russia. Though not noteworthy himself, his first wife, Valentina Vassilyeva, set the record for mostchildren birthed by a single woman. She gave birth to total of 69 children ; however, few other details are known of her life, such as her date of birth or death. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 births. 67 of the 69children born survived infancy.

The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Now in her mid-sixties, she claims to be the mother of 64children. Of these, 55 are documented.

The mother with the greatest number of kids that are not tiwns is Livia Ionce. This Romanian woman, 44, gave birth to her 18th child in Canada in 2008.

5) World's First Male Mother

Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man in Oregon after surgery and hormone treatment, was the first man to become a mother. Beatie, 34, who is legally a man but kept female reproductive organs when he had a sex-change operation 10 years ago, made headlines around the world and was dubbed the "pregnant man" before giving birth to a baby girl on June 29. After giving birth he did not go back on the male hormone testosterone that he took after his sex change, because he wanted to have another baby. Beatie's wife, Nancy, 46, whom he married five years ago, was unable to conceive because of a prior hysterectomy. That is why he had a baby himself, through artificial insemination using donor sperm and Beatie's own egg.

6) World's Oldest Mother of Twins (70 years old)

She was utterly determined to have a son. The fact that to do so would make 70-year-old Omkari Panwar the world's oldest mother didn't even cross her mind. Her resolve was matched by her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77. To pay for the IVF treatment vital to producing a male heir to the family's smallholdings, the retired farmer sold his buffalos, mortgaged his land, spent his life savings and took out a credit card loan. And it all paid off when Mrs Panwar gave birth to twins - a boy and girl - by emergency aaesarean section in a hospital in Muzaffarnagar, seven hours drive north of the Indian capital New Delhi.

The twins, born a month premature and weighing 2lb each, are healthy, according to doctors. The Panwars already have two adult daughters, and five grandchildren.

7) World's Most Prolific Surrogate Mother (12 babies)

Surrogate mother Carole Horlock, 42, has delivered 12 babies in 13 years - including triplets, setting the world record for the most prolific surrogate mother. She told the ABC News program "20/20." : "When I first started being a surrogate I expected to do it once," she said. "I hadn't looked past that. But I enjoyed it so much. Before I actually had given birth to the baby I wanted to do it again." Surrogates receive an average $25,000 to $30,000 for their services, "20/20" said. The downsides include in-vitro fertilization, morning sickness, bed rest, Caesarean sections and stretch marks.

Horlock will make no demands on the parents of the triplets beyond requesting an annual letter and photograph to let her know how they are doing. But her surrogacy experiences have not all been positive. Her father rarely speaks to her, distressed that she is effectively giving away his grandchildren.

8) World's Smallest Mother (2ft 4in)

The world's smallest mother is about to give birth for the third time - despite warnings she is risking her life.

Stacey Herald, who is just 2ft 4in tall, was told that becoming pregnant could kill her, but bravely defied doctors to have two babies half her height. The 35-year-old from Dry Ridge, Kentucky in the U.S. suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which causes brittle bones and underdeveloped lungs, and means she failed to grow. Mrs Herald, who uses a wheelchair, and her husband Will, who is 5ft 9in, are eagerly awaiting the birth of their third baby, due in the next four weeks.

Currently as wide as she is tall, she cannot hold her daughter because her belly gets in the way, and has to rely on her husband to do most things around the house. She admits beingpregnant is ‘uncomfortable' and leaves her bedridden for weeks on end. By the time the new addition, a boy, is one, he will already tower over his mother. But despite all the obstacles, the mother and father, a trainee priest, say they want even morechildren. The couple met in 2000 while working for a supermarket in their home town.

Note: the photo pictured above features Cristianne Ray, world's second smallest mother. Ray stands at 2 feet 9 inches tall and gave birth to a healthy baby named Kyrsten Bowden. (Thanks, Megan). 

9) Mother of the World's Tinniest Baby

Mahajabeen Sheikh gave birth to Rumaisa Rahman on September 19 2004 at Loyola University Medical Center. The baby weighed just 8.6 oz and was only 10 inches long and replaced Madeline Mann, born in 1989, as the world's smallest baby. At 1.3 ounces smaller than Madeline Mann, Rumaisa Rahman weighed less than a can of beer. She was born just 25 weeks and six days into her mother's pregnancy.

She had a twin, Hiba, who weighed 1 pound 4 ounces at birth. Rumaisa, who lives with her parents and twin sister, Hiba, in Hanover Park, weighed only 8.6 ounces at her birth but now weighs a healthy 15 pounds, said officials at LoyolaUniversity Medical Center in Maywood.

10) Mother With the Longest Interval Between Kids (41 years)

Elizabeth Ann Buttle had two kids, Belinda and Joseph, which is nothing special in itself. Belinda Buttle was born on May 19, 1956 when Elizabeth Ann Buttle was 19. The amazing part is the interval between the birth of Belinda and Joseph, it is the longest interval between births ever.

Joseph Buttle was born on November 20, 1997 when Elizabeth Ann Buttle was 60, an interval of 41 years 185 days. If you're familiar with the song 'I am my own grandpa!', well, Joseph's sister was old enough to be his own grandma!


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Oldest Twins in UK Celebrate 102nd Birthday

Britain's oldest twins Betty Richards and Jenny Pelmore have a double reason to celebrate New Year's Day - it is also their 102nd birthday.
The sprightly siblings came into the world on January 1, 1908 - the year Henry Ford produced his first Model T car.

They were born in Manchester when King Edward VII was on the throne and the doctor who delivered them arrived - on horseback

Betty and Jenny are both widowed and still live near each other in Feock, near Truro, Cornwall.
They plan to celebrate their big day with friends and family - with a gin for Jenny and brandy and ginger for Betty.

100th birthdays (2008)

''They are both amazingly well and fit and see each other all the time," family friend Tricia Prescott said.

''They spent Christmas and New Year together as always and are in fine health.''

Mrs Pelmore insisted she didn't think about her age much. "The secret is keep smiling and keep going," she said.

''Life is much faster now but the only thing I don't understand is computers," Betty added.

Great grandmother-of-two Jenny was a nursery teacher and married Hugh Pelmore, an RAF pilot who raced Bentley cars.

Betty was a secretary and married Brandon Richards in 1936 and had children Peter and Gina.

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The World's Oldest Working Clock

When they weren't drinking mead, toiling in the fields or dying from the bubonic plague, the people of 14th century England were going to church. A lot. That's why the oldest working clock in Europe, and quite possibly the world, can be found in an English cathedral, and was built as a means to (loudly) remind the locals that one of the day's seven or eight church services were about to start. More than 600 years later, that very same clock is faithfully "ticking" away, its large, iron cogs slowly rotating as a small shaft clinks into a metal cog every four seconds.

The clock, which is located in Salisbury Cathedral in southern England, was commissioned by Bishop Erghum and dates from about 1386. There was apparently a mechanical clock already working in Milan, Italy, by 1335, but the Salisbury clock is the oldest of its kind known to still be working.

With its massive iron wheels and long ropes reaching halfway up the cathedral walls, it looks more like an industrial-age engine than the clocks we know today. But it did the trick, chiming a bell on the hour, for 24 hours a day. The word "clock" comes from the same root as glocke, the German word for bell, since the earliest clocks were meant to be listened to, not "watched." The clocks of medieval times were probably grossly inaccurate, but that didn't really matter.

"In those days people didn't need to know if it was four minutes to 11," said Dudley Heather, head of guides at Salisbury Cathedral. "They just needed to know when it was time to go to church, or perhaps to eat." Mechanical clocks like the one in Salisbury Cathedral came to fundamentally change the way time was measured. Before it, only astronomers divided a day into 24 hours, while everyone else gave the periods of day and night 12 "temporal hours," the length of which varied throughout the year.

The clocks of ancient times relied on some sort of repetitive process: the rising and setting of the sun for sundials, and water dripping from a hole at the bottom of a stone vessel with water clocks, which were used as far back as 1500 B.C.

But the Salisbury clock was an example of how clock makers had shifted from the continuous flow of things like water and sand, to measuring small increments of time. It works via a system of weights and pulleys. Two long ropes are wound up a couple of spools, or barrels, and each is then threaded through a pulley about 20 feet above the clock. At the bottom end of each rope is a weight, originally made from lead, now stone. Each rope is fully wound back around the barrels every morning, pulling the weights to the top. As the day wears on, they slowly sink back down to the floor.

Key to everything is the "verge and foliot," a clever mechanism right inside the clock that maintains the weights' slow descent and the keeping of time. It is essentially two small weights on either side of a small, horizontal beam that is suspended by a thread, called the foliot. The weighted beam is pushed back and forth while a vertical rod in the middle of the beam, the verge, then catches against the "teeth" of a rotating wheel every four seconds, with a sonorous "clink." While one of the barrels drives the verge and foliot, the other, rarely used today, controls the hourly striking of the bell.

The invention of the verge and foliot was critical in the development of time keeping. It was the first mechanism that used repetition to keep the time, and paved the way for pendulum clocks. Previously, people had relied on the flow of water, as with water clocks, and it's probable that the three makers of the Salisbury clock used either a water clock or sundial to calibrate their device.

Centuries after its creation, the Salisbury clock was replaced by a more modern device that chimed quarterly, and it was tucked away into the cathedral's bell tower. When in 1930 a curious horologist noticed its dusty old iron framework, he immediately suspected its historical importance.

Today the clock has been refurbished to its former glory, with only a few small parts replaced in the 1950s by Derbyshire clock makers. To save it from any extra wear and tear, it no longer chimes, save for the odd demonstration to clock enthusiasts a few times a year.

While Salisbury Cathedral doesn't know how much Bishop Erghum paid for his clock, it was probably quite a lot. Clocks in these days were made from iron or brass, which were expensive metals, and these sorts of clocks took months, perhaps even years, to build. The whole community was expected to chip in for the town clock since it would help everyone organize their daily routines.

The Bishop, no doubt eager to get the newest technology for the Cathedral, probably had to pass a basket or two around to get enough donations from his parishioners. If they had grumbled about it at the time, the locals would almost certainly have been impressed when the clock was finally in full, working order, faithfully chiming out the hours. And they would have been simply amazed if they could have known that their Cathedral clock would still be up and running centuries later.

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Ancient City of Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world.
In its centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to an oligarchic republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. It came to dominate South-Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe/Balkans and the Mediterranean region through conquest and assimilation.
Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire, including Italy, Hispania, Gaul, Britannia and Africa broke up into independent kingdoms in the 5th century AD.
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The Eternal City, Holy City, the city on seven hills, the Gate of the Apostles, the capital of the world and just city with a capital letter - all these high-profile names belong to Rome. During its 3000-year existence, the city has gained not only a priceless cultural treasures and rich history, but also created an independent state on its territory - the Vatican. Rome attracts tourists for many centuries and still remains one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world.

1. Colosseum - one of the most famous and recognizable landmarks not only Rome, but throughout Europe.

This building, opened in 80 AD, each year attracts millions of tourists. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP - Getty Images)

2. The highlighted St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican - the enclave of Rome. Until recently, the Basilica was the largest church on earth. Sacred building stands on the spot, where he was crucified and buried in St. Peter. (Miguel Villagran / Getty Images)

3. Roman Forum is located between the Palatine Hill and the Capitol. The most important and old buildings, including

temples and shrines, located directly within the forum, or close to it. (Doug Pearson / Corbis)

4. Capitoline Square was designed in the 16th century, Michelangelo Buonarroti. The area is located on Capitol Hill,

building on it date back to 1560 mi for years. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images)

5. Two tourists have a rest next to the statue in front of the Capitol - the Municipality of Rome. This statue

- one of the two - was built by Italian artist Matteo Bartolani in 1588 and was supposed to represent the Roman

river Tiber. (Gregorio Borgia / AP)

6. Castle Sant'Angelo over the Tiber River was built by Emperor Hadrian to the tribal shrine. Later, in 139 AD

Antoninus Pius built a mausoleum here. (Robert Harding / Corbis)

7. Legend has it that if a visitor throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, he will definitely come back here. Every day in the fountain drop of about 3000 euros. (Sharon Lee / Reuters)

8. Fragments of ancient statues in the courtyard of the museum of the Capitol on Capitol Square in Rome.

In the museum with 1471 houses collections of ancient objects. (Gerard Julien / AFP - Getty Images)

9. Rays of light inside the basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. Tourists wishing to enter the basilica, must abide

by a strict dress code: no shorts, bare shoulders or miniskirts. (Kazuyoshi Nomachi / Corbis)

10. Frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were painted by Michelangelo. On the ceiling you can see scenes

from the first book of Moses, and the walls are covered with frescoes of the Renaissance brushes other artists.

(Jim Zuckerman / Corbis)

11. Home spiral staircase Vatican Museum. The museum is located in the Vatican Palace, which since the early

14 th century the residence of the Pope. (Peter Adams / Corbis)

12. Pantheon - Temple of the Champ de Mars in Rome, built around 125 BC. e. According to the information contained

on the site italyguides.it, it is the most copied and simulated by the Roman monument. One of the features of the Pantheon

- a hole in the roof. Between half penetrates the strongest pillar of light (orientation to the south). The light is very noticeable,

he is "not spill, but remains in the form of a giant ray of light becomes almost tangible. (Glenn Beanland / Lonely Planet Images)

13. Museum of Contemporary Art (MACRO) kept the most important product characteristic of Italian art from

the 1960's. (Paolo Cordelli / Lonely Planet Images)

14. Villa Medici - garden complex of 16 century, located on a hill Pinch. Gardens are decorated with statues

and fountains. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

15. The area now known as Villa Borghese, was originally a vineyard in the 1500's, but then bought the territory,

Cardinal Scipione Borghese - a nephew of Pope Paul V - and in 1605 turned it into a park. Part of the Roman villa

began in 1903, it was then that she was open to the public. (Will Salter / Lonely Planet Images))

16. People drink coffee in a cafe on the Piazza Navona in Rome during the "Day of Italian espresso 2009.

The Italians drink about 70 million cups of coffee a day. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP - Getty Images)

17. Aerial view of the Vittoriano monument dedicated to the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele II.

(Patrick Hertzog / AFP - Getty Images)

18. Italian buyers walk the street Via Condotti, where boutiques are the most famous designers.

(Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

19. Spanish staircase connects the Spanish Square and the French church Trinita dei Monti. Once the staircase

was a favorite place for beautiful young men who hoped to become the object of drawing famous artists, and now here

takes place every summer fashion show. (Tony Burns / Lonely Planet Images)

20. Altar of Peace dated August 9 BC The altar was built in honor in honor of the triumphant return of the Emperor

Augustus from Spain and Gaul. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images)

21. Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II at sunset. With probably the history of almost 3000 years, Rome continues

to maintain the status of the "Eternal City" - this is one of the cradles of civilization in Western Europe.

(Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

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World’s Oldest Living Trees

Based on air speed records is classified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), states that non-experimental aircraft that holds the record for the fastest in the world until the publication of this writing, still held by the SR-71 Blackbird at the speed of 3530 km / h ( Mach 3.2).
However, there are actually experimental aircraft more quickly but without crew (Unmanned), the Boeing X-43 NASA that reach speeds of 12,144 km / h (Mach 9.8).

Here are the planes or flying objects in the world’s fastest in accordance with the class:
1. NASA Boeing X-43, the fastest Unmanned aircraft in the world

X-43 is the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world and become the fastest flying objects on this earth. X-43 is a hypersonic experimental aircraft without crew (Unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft) which is designed with lots of scale variations meant to test various aspects of supersonic flight. This is part of NASA Hyper-X. NASA X-43 scored his record on 16 November 2004 to reach speeds of 12,144 km / h (Mach 9.8) at an altitude of 13,157 meters. The way the flight, the Pegasus rocket carrying X-43 launched from a Boeing B-52. After reaching the desired altitude, the rocket is removed, then the X-43 drove with his own machine that is Scramjet engine.
X-43 Specifications:
- Weight (weight) = 1300 kg
- Length = 3.7 meters
- Top speed = 12,144 km / h (Mach 9.8)
- Crew = 0
2. North American X-15, (Rocket-powered aircraft and the world’s fastest manned experimental aircraft)

X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft (rocket-powered aircraft) the fastest in the world, as well as manned aircraft in the world’s fastest (the fastest Manned aircraft in the world). X-15 is the fastest plane on earth 2. As with the X-43, X-15 is also an experimental NASA aircraft. X-15 Specifications:
- Top speed = 7274 km / h (Mach 6.7)
- Range (range) = 450 km
- Crew (crew) = 1
- Length = 15.45 m
- Weight = 6620 kg

3. Lockheed SR-71 BLACKBIRD, (The Fastest manned airplane in the world)

For manned jet type of non-experimental fastest in the world fell to SR-71 Blackbird. SR-71 ranked 3rd fastest plane on earth. SR-71 is an aircraft manufactured by Lockheed. This aircraft is a strategic reconnaissance aircraft  which is operated by the United States Air Force. The aircraft speed record on July 28, 1976 is manned by Capt. Eldon W. Joersz and Major George T. Morgan with a speed of 3530 km / h (Mach 3.2) at a height of 80,000 ft (24 km).
U.S. Air Force claims that the SR-71 is the only aircraft they can operate optimally at an altitude of 24,000 meters. 93% Blackbird structure made of titanium to keep the plane steady while driving at speeds above Mach 3. SR-71 is often used to perform the task of espionage (spying) to the enemy, so for this aircraft was designed to be flying high in order not to get caught radar and enemy’s anti-aircraft weapons.
Specifications:
- Top speed = 3530 km / h (Mach 3.2)
- Crew = 2
- Range (range) = 5400 kms
- Length = 32.74 m
- Weight = 30,600 kgs

4. Westland Lynx 800 G-LYNX, the fastest helicopter in the world)
British helicopter designed by AgustaWestland. Westland Lynx helicopter 800 is the fastest in the world and ranked 50s on the world’s fastest airplane. The helicopter was booked record on August 11, 1986 with a speed of 401 km / h (Mach 0.3). Westland Lynx used for SAR, strategic transport, air support, anti-submarine, etc.. Westland Lynx beat the speed of 800-Sikorsy X 2 (366 km / h) which is currently still in closed testing.
Specifications:
- Top speed = 401 km / h (Mach 0.3)
- Range (range) = 528 km
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Ruth Flowers – The Oldest Dj in the World

Ruth Flowers, 69-year-old, is the matriarch and the hippest English
deejay of our time.She is an unusual and charismatic woman who shows
with facility her unique fresh and dynamic personality. Nice and
eccentric, strong and full of energy, she likes to have fun and to bring
everyone in her wake. While preparing the launching of her electro-rock
EP “MamyRock”, you will meet her performing at the Cannes Film Festival
most private partys at la villa MURANO.



« I
have had a very lively youth, I used to go to balls all the time, I
loved to dance, but then came the old age, pension, but above all
boredom... I started looking for something more...

One night, my
grandson, of whom I’m very close to, celebrated his birthday in a
nightclub in London. And he told me that I could join them. When I
arrived, the bouncers didn’t let me go inside. It is true that I didn’t
really match their usual clients (laughs)... I finely managed to
entered… and I was dumbfound…there was such an atmosphere!!! It was so
different from the parties I used to go when I was young. There was a
real osmosis between the lights and the music, it really drove me!... It
made me feel so much younger!



This night shattered my view of
things but above all the way I saw my life...I had a lot of free time, I
was on pension you know… I talked to my grandson about it, he thought I
went mad. Then he introduced me to a friend of his, a young French
director and producer. We got along from the very beginning and he, with
the help of his team, offered to help me becoming a DJ, working on a
track, building an image etc... It was really fun!! Now I think that I
am ready to make everybody move their ass on the dancefloor (laughs).

Indeed, I’d rather sign a contract with a record company than to sign up for the nursing home… »

Ruth Flowers – London, April 2009

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