Here's What The First-Ever Surviving Septuplets Look Like Today

New Challenges

There were challenges in the septuplet group as a result of premature births. Two of the children, Alexis and Nathan, were born with cerebral palsy and need walkers to get around. According to Nathan though, it’s a minor challenge. “I taught myself how to walk because I really wanted to learn,” he said, “It’s just been getting better and better.”

The More You Know

It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
The first TV commercial didn't air until the 1940s.
Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.

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