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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Back when life expectancy was 45.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 5 points 5 hours ago

Popular misconception.

There were a lot of people who never made it out of childhood, which skews the average down.

But if you made it to adulthood, you had a pretty good chance of making it to 65 or so.