1. Just a thought, as we finish off 2020.... Imagine you were born in 1900.
When you're 14, World War I begins
and ends when you’re 18 years old, with 22 million dead.

Shortly after, a global pandemic flu called 'Spanish', kills 50 million people.
2. You come out alive and free, you are 20 years old.

Then, at 29, you survive the global economic crisis that started with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, causing inflation, unemployment and hunger.
3. At 33, the nazis come to power.
You turn 39 when World War II starts and ends when you’re 45. During the Holocaust, 6 million Jews die.
There will be over 60 million deaths in total.

When you're 52, the Korean War begins.

At age 64, the Vietnam War begins and ends when
4. you’re 75

A boy born in 1985 thinks his grandparents have no idea how difficult life is, but they have survived several wars and disasters.

A boy born in 1995 and now 25 years old, thinks it's the end of the world when his Amazon package takes over three days to arrive,
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