this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2025
399 points (99.3% liked)
History Memes
1068 readers
698 users here now
A place to share history memes!
Rules:
-
No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.
-
No fascism (including tankies/red fash), atrocity denial or apologia, etc.
-
Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.
-
Follow all Piefed.social rules.
Banner courtesy of @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
founded 6 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The last American Civil War pensioner passed away in May 2020.
Her father served. He fathered her at 82, in 1930.
Possible... But unlikely in practice. Male sperm starts decreasing in quantity and quality after 30.
And the timing means they still had literal milkmen...
I pretty much ignore any of the claims in this thread that hinge on someone being really old. There's just no way to tell if that's really true, the older the people supposedly get the more likely it is that they faked (or just didn't know) their real age, e.g. by using a relative's paperwork or telling an official that they're 40 instead of 50. BTW the "blue areas" are probably fake, too.