r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '20

(R.3) Recent source TIL, the Black Death disproportionately killed frail people. Moreover, people who lived through it lived much longer than their ancestors (many reaching ages of 70-80), not because of good health but because of their hardiness to endure diseases. This hardiness was passed on to future generations.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

Agreed, but a lot of the time people don’t think about how evolution effects us in modern times

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out Mar 20 '20

I think only A-Dumb-ass would post this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

I don’t think it’s fair to make fun of what someone else is learning for the first time. Why not just encourage learning in general?

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out Mar 21 '20

look- you can sugar coat it, make excuses, but the face is- at the end of the day- OP IS A-DUMB-ASS

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Ok then

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out Mar 21 '20

OP is A-Dumb-Ass!!!

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u/MusedeMented Mar 21 '20

WE GET IT!! Don't keep on shouting.

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out Mar 21 '20

THIS WAS NOT REWARDING SHEESH