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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to All   
   Dead babies   
   17 Nov 18 19:17:21   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   Was just watching an old documentary (1998)   
   on ancient egypt I came across on the Roku   
   box and they threw out an interesting number:   
      
   One out of three ancient Egyptian babies   
   died at birth.   
      
   I don't have any numbers (percentages) on how   
   many people survived childhood, but a variety   
   of sources I've run across claim that life   
   expectancy for those that did was in the 30s.   
      
        ...most never saw 40.   
      
   They must've been breeding like bunnies, huh?   
      
      
      
      
      
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