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		agnishom 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pope Francis has died Interestingly, [X has died] seems to be among some of the topmost upvoted posts of HN. (Based on https://hn.algolia.com/)

justin66 3 months ago | [–]

[X has been born] posts would be a lot more difficult. Hard to know if the babies are going to do anything noteworthy ahead of time.

sokoloff 3 months ago | [–]

I’m pretty sure that comments count as upvotes; if that’s the case, I find it a lot less surprising.

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