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Thomas Jefferson lived to 83. John Adams 90. Benjamin Franklin 84. James Madison 85.

Plenty of people lived long lives back then.

Yeah it's bizarre to think about, but a lot of royalty lived until their 70s and 80s, even in ancient times.

Turns out just having steady access to food, living a low stress lifestyle, and not having to wade through literal shit on the streets was all it took for some lucky ancient humans to have the same lifespans as modern humans.

Also, food in general wasn't poisonous. And if those royals actually lived even a modestly healthy life (not drinking too much, not using lead based makeup, or their doctors poisoning them with mercury etc), then they could easily live a lot longer.

Plenty of wealthy people lived long lives back then. Most people didn't. That's how averages work.

But fair enough.

The common man wasn't running for president back then. The first person approaching anything of the sort had the most contested election ever up until that point, and also almost kicked off the civil war 40 years early. That age limit was not written with a yeoman farmer president in mind.

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