Also, for some odd reason here in Germany they place the pe…

Also, for some odd reason here in Germany they place the person’s age in brackets when reporting on the news.

So for example: “X (31) dies in tragic fall” or “X (63) speaks out on Y”

In the first example the age is relevant, but that isn’t the only time they’re using the age signals.
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