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The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted 68 years, with Iowa farmer Charles Osborne hiccupping every 1.5 seconds from 1922 until the year he died in 1990.
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The longest recorded case of hiccups lasted 68 years, with Iowa farmer Charles Osborne hiccupping every 1.5 seconds from 1922 until the year he died in 1990.

A man hiccupped every 1.5 seconds for 68 years straight. Charles Osborne started hiccupping in 1922. Never stopped until the year he died. Estimated 430 million total hiccups in lifetime. Doctors tried every possible treatment available. Most persistent bodily function in human history.

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