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seanahrens on May 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: What percentage of people are alive today?

Super fascinating. Definitely would never have guessed it was anywhere even close to 12%. Wow.

willwagner on May 9, 2011 | [–]

I had heard it was over 50% which i found very hard to believe so the 12% number seems a lot more reasonable.

Qz on May 9, 2011 | [–]

I've always wondered this! I thought it was probably relatively high, but 12% is pretty insane.

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