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		octagonal on May 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A cave in Romania that was sealed for 5.5M years 33 people: 0.00000045810% of the earth's population 100 people: 0.00000134736% of the earth's population Seems fairly comparable to me.

notJim on May 12, 2016 [–]

Yes, because when humans think of groups of people, we usually think in terms of percentage of Earth's population.

"How many people are coming over for dinner tonight?"

"Oh, not too many, just about 2.8070175e-10%"

"Ahh, so one chicken will do"

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