jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months ago'Stop electing stupid people': Rage as Marjorie Taylor Greene flunks American history testwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1806arrow-down110
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·4 months agoThe killer bit is apparently she looked up their ages in 1776 and just didn’t bother confirming who signed. From here: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/signers-factsheet Yeah, average age was 44.51. 56 people signed it. Oldest was Ben Franklin at 70. Youngest were Thomas Lynch Jr. and Edward Ruteledge, both 26. 28 people were under the age of 45.
The killer bit is apparently she looked up their ages in 1776 and just didn’t bother confirming who signed.
From here:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/signers-factsheet
Yeah, average age was 44.51.
56 people signed it.
Oldest was Ben Franklin at 70.
Youngest were Thomas Lynch Jr. and Edward Ruteledge, both 26.
28 people were under the age of 45.