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		kixiQu 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US is flirting with its first-ever population ... It's more complicated than that. https://acoup.blog/2025/08/08/collections-life-work-death-an...

Balgair 2 days ago [–]

TLDR: Peasants could expect between 8-12 pregnancies, with 2 (!) surviving to adulthood.

Christ, that is a lot of dead children for every woman. Your heart just breaks over and over.

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