Who was the first dwarf alive?

Lucia Zarate is probably the most important person on this list as she is considered the first person ever identified with the type of primordial dwarfism known as MOPD II
MOPD II
Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II (MOPD II) is a form of primordial dwarfism associated with brain and skeletal abnormalities. It was characterized in 1982. Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. Other names. Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II.
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. Zarate was born in Mexico and was reportedly only 7 (17.78 cm) inches long and weighed 8 ounces (~0.23 kg) at birth.
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Who was the first dwarf in the world?

Dwarfism. Adam Rainer was born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (present day Austria), in 1899. As a child, Rainer was described as very small, thin, and weak.
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What's the oldest midget to live?

Strongsville – She's short on height but long on life, and that's exactly what landed Winifred Ann Kelley of Strongsville in the record books. Born July 31, 1923, Kelley is 94 years old and carries the Guinness World Record for being the oldest living person with Dwarfism.
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How did dwarfism start?

Most dwarfism-related conditions are genetic disorders, but the causes of some disorders are unknown. Most occurrences of dwarfism result from a random genetic mutation in either the father's sperm or the mother's egg rather than from either parent's complete genetic makeup.
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How old do the dwarves live?

Dwarves were long-lived, with a lifespan of some 250 years. They breed slowly, for no more than a third of them are female, and not all marry. Tolkien names only one female, Dís, the sister of Thorin Oakenshield.
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How old can a elf live?

An elf reaches adulthood at about 110 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old.
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What is a female dwarf called?

No English word has grammatical gender. "Dwarf" can be used for a male or a female.
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Was there ever a dwarf king?

King Goldemar (also spelled Goldmar, Vollmar, and Volmar) is a dwarf or kobold from Germanic mythology and folklore. By the Middle Ages, Goldemar had become the king of the dwarfs in German belief.
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Where do midgets live?

Midgetville (also known as "tiny towns") refers to real or legendary communities of "midgets", people with forms of dwarfism who are normally proportioned, or collections of small "midget-sized" houses.
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What are the 14 types of dwarfism?

Dwarfism Types & Diagnoses
  • Achondrogenesis.
  • Achondroplasia.
  • Acrodysostosis.
  • Acromesomelic Dysplasia (Acromesomelic Dysplasia Maroteaux Type, AMDM)
  • Atelosteogenesis.
  • Campomelic Dysplasia.
  • Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia (CHH) (Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia, McKusick type)
  • Chondrodysplasia Punctata.
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Can dwarfism be fixed?

Dwarfism, regardless of the cause, can't be cured or “corrected.” However, there are certain therapies that may help reduce the risk of complications.
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How many years does a human live?

While most of us can expect to live to around 80, some people defy expectations and live to be over 100. In places such as Okinawa, Japan and Sardinia, Italy, there are many centenarians. The oldest person in history – a French woman named Jeanne Calment – lived to 122.
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Who is the oldest person alive?

Juan Vicente Pérez, from Venezuela, has been officially confirmed as the oldest person living (male) at 112 years and 253 days, as of 4 February 2022. Today he is 112 years 11 months and 21 days old, with his 113th birthday fast approaching.
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How many MG Midgets were made?

A total of 26,601 were made.
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Did Elizabeth 1 have a dwarf?

One of them was Maria Bárbola, who was employed as Enana de la Reina, the official dwarf of the queen, between 1651 and 1700. She was far from the only one, and the Queen's Household employed several, among them Juana de Aunon, the sisters Genoveva and Catalina Bazan and Bernarda Blasco.
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Are there any Dwarves left in Middle-earth?

Aside from Glóin, the other six living dwarves from The Hobbit (Bifur, Bofur, Nori, Dori, Bombur and Dwalin) are mostly unaccounted for by Tolkien, but fans can make an educated guess as to their movements during The Lord of the Rings.
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Are dwarfs evil?

Though dwarves are not naturally evil and not necessarily hostile. Because of their unyielding resistance, the seven rings of Power of the dwarves did not turn them to evil, but it did amplify their greed and lust for gold which was evil enough. It is said that very few willfully served the side of darkness.
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Are Dwarves born with beards?

But what we find in the only depiction of a young dwarf, baby dwarfs are hinted to have no beard. In Disney's version of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, Dopey was the youngest dwarf, this suggests that he has not yet entered adulthood and hence not grown a beard, which implies that he was not born with a beard.
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Are Dwarves immortal?

Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, and most other races cannot live forever and thus are subject to aging and natural death; however various members of those races have endured longer extended lifespans beyond usual constraints through multiple means.
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Why do all Dwarves have beards?

Ultimately, my instinct is that the simplest explanation is the best: dwarves were drawn with beards so that nobody would mistake them for children. Egyptian art of Bes, for instance, sometimes had childlike attributes (such as going naked or wearing a lock of hair on the right side of his head).
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Do elves get periods?

((EDIT: Although ti's very possible - even likely, that menstruation wasn't actually a monthly cycle. Elves rarely even counted in years (preferring centuries), let alone months.)) So, long story short, I'm pretty confident that elves do menstruate.
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Are elves real?

From a scientific viewpoint, elves are not considered objectively real. However, elves have in many times and places been believed to be real beings.
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How long are elves pregnant?

Elves' pregnancy lasts for two years. Most elf-maidens don't make it through 2 years thus less children. Twins are more common in Elves than in humans.
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How old is the oldest dog?

The greatest reliable age recorded for a dog is 29 years 5 months for an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey, owned by Les Hall of Rochester, Victoria, Australia. Bluey was obtained as a puppy in 1910 and worked among cattle and sheep for nearly 20 years before being put to sleep on 14 November 1939.
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