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sethammonsyesterday at 8:27 PM1 replyview on HN

The grandson of the 10th US president died this year. The US is barely three generations old. That guy could say his grandfather shook hands with Thomas Jefferson.


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lifeisstillgoodyesterday at 8:34 PM

I think it was Bertram Russell who said he was raised by his grandfather, who knew Napoleon.

The modern world is a lot more crammed together than we think it is

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