- Someone posted this on Imgur and it’s totally blown up on social media:
- The most interesting ones to me:
- The average life expectancy for men was 47 years (my time would be up in a few months)
- More than 95% of all births took place at home (all anti-vaxxers, I would guess, too)
- Most women only washed their hair once a month (now that’s only in Venice, CA)
- 2 out of every 10 adults could not read or write
- Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at local drugstores
One thing they did not mention – the federal debt’s percentage of the country’s GDP was a fraction of what it is today:
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