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Pope Francis has died

(www.reuters.com)
916 points phillipharris | 3 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.633s | source
1. agnishom ◴[21 Apr 25 09:30 UTC] No.43749931[source]▶
Interestingly, [X has died] seems to be among some of the topmost upvoted posts of HN. (Based on https://hn.algolia.com/)
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2. sokoloff ◴[21 Apr 25 10:58 UTC] No.43750471[source]▶
I’m pretty sure that comments count as upvotes; if that’s the case, I find it a lot less surprising.
3. justin66 ◴[21 Apr 25 13:38 UTC] No.43751897[source]▶
[X has been born] posts would be a lot more difficult. Hard to know if the babies are going to do anything noteworthy ahead of time.