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37 points WaitWaitWha | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.247s | source
1. greenbit ◴[] No.45671637[source]
Multiple factors to think about..

* People spending less time outside at night in general these days, bc indoors is where all the gadgets are

* When you do go outside at night, are your eyes going to be as dark-adapted as someone from say 1850 might have been? Shorter walks between brighter places these days could factor in.

* Swamps aren't as common as they used to be; particularly in the early 20th century in the US, swamps were frequently drained to 'improve' the land. Not as much decaying vegetation near at hand.

* Virtually everyone that dies these days is either chemically preserved, or cremated, so not as much decaying flesh in the cemeteries