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This has been “country wisdom” for some time in my part of the U.S. Lots of jokes about “farm boys” who are a head taller than their parents, and wondering wha
by georgeburdell 4y ago
This has been “country wisdom” for some time in my part of the U.S. Lots of jokes about “farm boys” who are a head taller than their parents, and wondering what they’ve been being fed.
- HWR_14 4y agoBut for most of your time, it primarily being about farm boys been false. Through the end of the 20th century being in the country stunted your growth compared to the city. What is true is that height increases each (modern first-world) generation
- renewiltord 4y agoWait, that means this "country wisdom" has been total bullshit for almost all of the time it existed! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05772-8/figures/9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05772-8/figures/9
- xboxnolifes 4y agoPoster didn't give a start date, how can you assume it's been bullshit for most of it's existence? For all you know poster is 40 years old and is going off of what has been talked about over than last 30.