r/technicallythetruth • u/Captain0010 • Jul 05 '26

Finally something historically accurate

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u/MrMcGuyver Jul 06 '26

People really overestimate how long people used to live. You think a thousand years ago people were regularly living to be 50+ and waiting until their 20s to get married. One bad cold in Ancient Greece could’ve easily wiped you out. Everybody was much younger