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The man who hiccupped for 68 years
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The next time you resort to holding your breath or drinking water upside down, say a quick prayer for Charles Osborne. In 1922, a 150-pound pig collapsed on top of him, triggering a mysterious nervous system glitch. He proceeded to hiccup an estimated 430 million times over the next 68 years, finally finding relief just one year before he died. Proof that the universe has a violently dark sense of humor.
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