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Now_Wait-4-Last_Year t1_jdykh9u wrote

Reply to comment by MrPlowThatsTheName in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987

I think they're just using someone who's still alive but around for a few decades as an example as to how much the population has grown.

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MrPlowThatsTheName t1_je0adfd wrote

Okay but it’s so random though. Like why not just say in 1950, or during the Truman administration or something. I don’t think most people know when random old celebrity X was in grade school.

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