How did the hiccup girl stop?

In 2013, Mee was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Her co-defendants - Laron Raiford and Lamont Newton - were also convicted of first-degree felony murder and sentenced to life in prison. Mee's attorney moved for a new trial, which was subsequently denied.
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How did the hiccup girl get rid of the hiccups?

Jennifer told a Florida radio station that she believes a combination of therapies and remedies helped her overcome her condition. “Actually, it was a mixture of things. It was my [special drinking cup], a chiropractor, a hypnotist and an acupuncturist,” said Jennifer, smiling broadly.
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How many years did the hiccup girl get?

Pinellas County Judge Nancy Moate Ley sentenced her to life in prison without parole and informed her she had 30 days to appeal. Mee was 19 when she was arrested in October 2010.
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What is the longest anyone has had hiccups?

An American man named Charles Osborne was weighing a pig in 1922 and started hiccupping. He was still hiccupping 68 years later in 1990, after about 430 million hiccups. Mr Osborne holds the Guinness World Record for the longest attack of hiccups.
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Who did Jennifer Mee murder?

Shannon Griffin, who came to the abandoned home under the illusion Mee wanted to buy some marijuana, was shot four times and robbed of less than $50. The 22-year-old has been working at a supermarket and was on holiday the week he was killed.
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Does Hanging Upside Down help hiccups?

Drinking water while maintaining uncomfortable body positions, such as bending over a sink and turning your head upside down while drinking from the tap, may distract your brain from the hiccups.
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What word do you say to stop hiccups?

The best cure for hiccups happens to be hopping around in a circle and saying "pineapple" five times.
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Do pickles stop hiccups?

The idea behind drinking pickle juice is to stimulate your gag reflex, which is an effective, albeit unpleasant way to stop hiccupping. One drawback (if you manage to keep the pickle juice down) is that you will have just ingested more salt and acid than you'll ever want to in one sitting.
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Does salt stop hiccups?

Unflavoured yoghurt and salt can help get rid of hiccups. While yoghurt possesses anti-bacterial and antiseptic properties, salt helps soothe your irritated diaphragm.
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Does putting your fingers in your ears stop hiccups?

Similarly, pulling the tip of your tongue, putting your fingers in your ears or gently pressing on your eyeballs can all stimulate the vagus nerve. Think of it as distracting the body from your hiccups by making something else dramatic happen to it.
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How do you get rid of 100% hiccups?

How Do I Get Rid of the Hiccups?
  1. Hold your breath and swallow three times.
  2. Breathe into a paper bag but stop before you get lightheaded!
  3. Drink a glass of water quickly.
  4. Swallow a teaspoon of sugar.
  5. Pull on your tongue.
  6. Gargle with water.
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How can you drink water upside down?

Drink water upside down

Hold the far edge of a glass of water against the bottom of your upper lip. Bend forward and keep your upper lip touching the outer tip of the glass. Remaining in the forward position, pour the water from the glass slowly into your mouth so it runs over the upper palate of your mouth.
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Will icecream help hiccups?

Stop Hiccups with Ice Cream

This is sure to be everyone's favorite hiccup cure: ice cream! Just like eating sugar, it can help stop the spasms, but the cold also helps. Try eating in some steady gulps, and that will help even more.
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What causes hip cups?

Hiccups are caused by involuntary contractions of your diaphragm — the muscle that separates your chest from your abdomen and plays an important role in breathing. This involuntary contraction causes your vocal cords to close very briefly, which produces the characteristic sound of a hiccup.
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Are hiccups mental?

Hiccups can happen for a lot of reasons -- some of them are physical, and some emotional. That's because the actual irritation happens in the nerve connecting the brain to the diaphragm. Some common causes include: Eating too much or too quickly.
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Do unborn babies hiccup?

The entire fetal body moves in a jerking motion with each hiccup, which many pregnant patients can feel. Just like in babies and adults, fetal hiccups occur for a short, consistent period of time, then go away on their own.
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Why do you hiccup when drunk?

Alcohol also irritates the digestive system, including your esophagus, which can also trigger hiccups and increase acid production, which can lead to acid reflux. Acid reflux can also cause — you guessed it — hiccups.
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What did people think hiccups?

An international respiratory research group composed of members from Canada, France, and Japan proposed that the hiccup is an evolutionary remnant of earlier amphibian respiration. Amphibians such as tadpoles gulp air and water across their gills via a rather simple motor reflex akin to mammalian hiccuping.
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Who shot Shannon Griffin?

Woman sentenced to life without parole for role in murder of Shannon Griffin. PIERS Morgan comes face-to-face with Jennifer Mee, also known as Hiccup Girl, in his ITV series Killer Women. Here's why Mee was banged up for life without parole for a gunshot murder, despite not pulling the trigger herself.
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Can hiccups cause death?

While hiccups themselves are unlikely to be fatal, long lasting hiccups could be your body's way of telling you about an underlying health condition that needs treatment. There are many conditions that can cause persistent or intractable hiccups. See your doctor if you have hiccups that last longer than 2 days.
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What's the world record of sleeping?

Hypnotist Peter Powers holds the record for the longest time asleep. He put himself to sleep for straight eight days (188 hours) under hypnosis.
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What is the longest burp?

The longest burp is 1 minute 13 seconds 57 milliseconds and was achieved by Michele Forgione (Italy), also known as Rutt Mysterio, at the 13th annual Hard Rock Beer festival 'Ruttosound' competition, in Reggiolo, Italy, on 16 June 2009.
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