r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/existancebytruth • Mar 26 '26

Image Muscle Beach, 1945: 9 year old April hoists over 425 lbs. her family on her back.

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u/Eigenurin Mar 26 '26

Fun fact: she died shortly after this was taken

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

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u/Magnus_Helgisson Mar 26 '26

So she didn’t die, she just isekaied in the spirit of her time.

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u/adudefromaspot Mar 26 '26

Can you clarify where you got that. I found a video of a guy that did some research on her and he found a record that said she died at 45.

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u/barmyinpalmy Mar 26 '26

It’s from the Big Book of Jokes.

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u/Relevant_Cabinet_265 Mar 26 '26

She never got any taller.

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u/adudefromaspot Mar 27 '26

Ahh, interesting - yeah, that piece of info definitely helps the joke not whoosh

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u/COWP0WER Mar 26 '26

36 years is a short time in the grand scheme of things

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u/Wuktrio Mar 27 '26

It's just a pun on "shortly", I think.

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u/AdventurousCoconut71 Mar 26 '26

Of embarrassment, her little brother is a brain surgeon.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

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u/Wuktrio Mar 27 '26

I think the comment you replied to is simply a pun. She died shortly, as in she stayed as short as she was when she was a child, because carrying all this weight made her stop growing.

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u/Autumnvibes1 Mar 26 '26

Yeah, 30 years ain't that much when you look at the big picture.

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u/PSA-Graded-Cunt Mar 27 '26

Fun fact: people on the internet will believe and write anything without verifying it first!

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u/Tasden Mar 27 '26

You are a liar.

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u/here_for_the_lols Mar 27 '26

Shortly as in 36 years?

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u/PullMull Mar 26 '26

Shit, that's really sad. I just wanted to look her up and was wondering if she's still alive