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December 18, 2012

How fast is the world’s population growing?

According to estimates, more than 7 billion people live on our planet. Each day, some 200,000 new babies add to this figure, which works out to roughly 140 ...

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Category: Early Humans

How fast is the world’s population growing?

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Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans, 1873

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