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TIL scientific estimates of human population that Earth can support indefinitely range from 2 billion to 1 trillion

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jNdN TIL that Roe, of Roe v Wade fame, lied about rape to try to obtain an abortion, because Texas had rape/incest exception to their pro-life laws.
xVeeD TIL Belgium has so many political parties, that they faced a problem when 11 parties received a significant amount of votes in 2010. It eventually took 541 days for a majority of parties to agree to work with each other.
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