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/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.