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means The event of being born — a baby emerging into the world, or by extension the beginning or origin of anything.
from From Old English and Old Norse roots — the Norse 'byrð' nudged it along — ultimately tracing back to the same ancient Germanic verb that gives us 'bear,' as in to carry and bring forth. So 'birth' is literally the thing borne: what the bearing produces.
- head first
- Babies' skulls have plates that overlap to fit through
- daily count
- Roughly 385,000 humans arrive every single day
- first breath
- Lungs go from liquid-filled to air in seconds
- shared birthday
- Two strangers in 23 share one with 50% odds
- oldest record
- A woman gave birth at age 66 in 2006
for instance
louis brown — first human born through ivf in vitro fertilization, 1978
louise joy brown — first ivf baby born in britain, july 25 1978
dolly the sheep — first mammal cloned from adult cell, born 1996