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TIL that 10% of all the humans who have ever lived are alive in the world right now.

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mxrOR TIL that in the USSR, according to Soviet statistics, the 3% of cultivated land in private hands "produced over a quarter of gross agricultural output, including about 30 percent of meat and milk, 66 percent of potatoes, and 40 percent of fruits, vegetables, and eggs"
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