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		WalterBright 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to... Baby booms are the natural consequence of mass deaths. The day WW1 ended, people were copulating in the streets of London.

ako 6 months ago | [–]

Not of mass deaths, but the hope of a good future.

downrightmike 6 months ago | | [–]

trauma

supportengineer 6 months ago | [–]

Uh, do you mean that figuratively or literally?

WalterBright 6 months ago | [–]

Literally.

Also, the day Paris was liberated in WW2, there wasn't a soldier in the city who could not get laid.

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