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TIL the oft quoted statement that there are more people alive now than have ever died is complete fiction. Current estimates put the number of people that have ever died to be ~107 billion

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JKoV TIL the late comedian Chris Farley was going to be the original voice of Shrek. He finished more than 80% of the voice recordings before he died. The recordings have never been released to the public.
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