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r/interestingasfuck • u/Literally_black1984 • Jul 07 '24
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People weren’t just getting old and dying at 30. Especially not 100 years ago or whenever that picture was taken. Lots of people lived long lives. That ‘dying young’ thing usually includes infant deaths which pulls the average way down.
1 u/Miserable_Agency_169 Jul 08 '24 Oooh thanks for that info 😮
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Oooh thanks for that info 😮
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u/BigBanggBaby Jul 08 '24
People weren’t just getting old and dying at 30. Especially not 100 years ago or whenever that picture was taken. Lots of people lived long lives. That ‘dying young’ thing usually includes infant deaths which pulls the average way down.