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TIL that on average US homes are around 3x bigger than UK homes

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Y7BPA TIL todays living population makes up 7.5% of all humans that have ever lived on Earth. The population is so high, that for every living person alive today, there are fewer than 15 dead people
OvWX TIL that the word “hobbit” has been found exactly once in texts predating Tolkien, in a list of magical creatures with no explanation or context
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