Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoScientists issue dire warning: Microplastic accumulation in human brains escalatingwww.psypost.orgexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down112
arrow-up1528arrow-down1external-linkScientists issue dire warning: Microplastic accumulation in human brains escalatingwww.psypost.orgSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squaremarkko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoOf course, but your chances overall are better today regardless of class/status etc. Even being the child of royalty had no guarantees. For example Henry VIII had 13 legitimate children. Only 3 lived past infancy, and 1 of those died age 15. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Henry_VIII In 1900, the average life expectancy of a newborn was 32 years. By 2021 this had more than doubled to 71 years. in 1800, no region had a life expectancy higher than 40 years. https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
Of course, but your chances overall are better today regardless of class/status etc.
Even being the child of royalty had no guarantees. For example Henry VIII had 13 legitimate children. Only 3 lived past infancy, and 1 of those died age 15.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Henry_VIII
https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy