Because Nr. Leaf couldn’t decide wether to name his sourdough starter Moash, so Moash could die repeatedly, or the Ghanderflaffle Empire, so the Ghanderflaffle Empire could rise
The previous narrators had misspelled mûmakil, Tolkien pointed out
also the power was equal to the energy of half a mûmakil falling down a cliff face per second
the westrons call them oliphants if you need to know