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Daily Trivia

Why did Nikolai think people were insufferable?

on Jun 22, 2025

An observation by author Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852): "When a man is young, he is so wild he is insufferable. When he is old, he plays the saint and becomes insufferable again."

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The average life span of London residents in the middle of the 19th century was 27 years. For members of the working class, that number dropped to 22 years.

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