Ciekawostka: The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910

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North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. The Korean Peninsula was first inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three…

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Who Will Care for Middle Aged and Elderly Parents in Rural China?. Abstract Using data from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this paper analyzes how the health of parents is causally linked to the gender of their children. We find that, compared with parents with no daughters, those with one daughter are healthier by 0.155 more activities of daily living. This effect is mainly channeled through the provision of emotional comfort and financial support, and not through living with parents. We also confirm that daughters are an important source of financial and emotional support for elderly parents, regardless of whether the parents have pension insurance. This study ha…

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Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 66 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025. Alcaraz has won 27 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including seven majors and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles. He is the ninth and youngest man in history to complete the career Grand Slam in singles. A teen phenomenon, Alcaraz won the Next Gen ATP Finals and was the 2020 ATP Newcomer of the Year. In 2022, Alcaraz won his first major title at the US Open. He became the youngest man in the Open Era to be ranked world No. 1, at 19 years, 130 days old, and…

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This is a list of youngest parents, documenting cases in which individuals became parents at exceptionally early ages. Such cases have often attracted medical, legal, and public attention due to their rarity and the significant health risks and ethical considerations involved. This list is not comprehensive and only includes records or other historically notable cases.

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