Submitted by Acheron98 t3_11xt36x in explainlikeimfive
Lithuim t1_jd4nlrx wrote
The gigantic population certainly helps, they have four times the sample size as the US.
Then there’s the mix of medical care that’s good enough to keep these deathly ill infants alive but not good enough to fix them and an abundance of cell phones to capture it.
Places that are even more impoverished might not keep such an unlucky infant alive long enough to document it. Places that are wealthier will fix it surgically.
jourmungandr t1_jd5zqxg wrote
Half the world population lives in south east Asia. So there's a lot lot lot of chances for rare things to happen. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle#:~:text=The%20Valeriepieris%20circle%20is%20a,than%20half%20the%20world's%20population.
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