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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by jvanderbot on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:53AM (#36104000)
You would. Of course. But not necessarily because of western rule causing famine, perhaps because of improved record keeping. Just looking at the spans in GP comment, it seems the gaps are getting shorter.
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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by Waterluvian on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:58AM (#36104039)
Great point. I feel like statistics could have been so much more fun in school had I really embraced the joy of mystery solving.
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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by dmix on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:56AM (#36104017)
That's a good point, we probably only know most of the really bad ones or historically relevant ones. Just like volcano eruptions.
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