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[โ€“] Logical@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You were also lucky if you lived to thirty

[โ€“] chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

My son said this is untrue. Childhood mortality brings the mean down. If you lived past 8 you typically lived to 60+