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Why did people in the past look so much older? (www.dazeddigital.com)
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[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Have a look at life expectancy in those era's.

Here in the UK the pension age was set at 65 because relatively few people got to 65 at the time.