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Mean Height of 19yo Males in Select Countries, 1985-2019 (i.redd.it)
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[–] Quicky@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Entirely anecdotal, but I live in a university town in the UK, and to me everyone seems to be short as fuck. Without knowing that the average height has been increasing for decades, based on local observation I would have guessed the opposite.