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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Jun 2015

    In case you missed it: Jaw-Dropping Visualization Shows The Sheer Number Who Died In WWII http://huff.to/1Qerrmg  via @theworldpost

    6:43 PM - 9 Jun 2015
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      1. 1Iodin‏ @1Iodin 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost Americans still get pissed if u tell them the Soviet Union did most of the fighting. Im not belittling other deaths

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      1. Don Ryan‏ @DonRyanMusic 10 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker I can't believe you got no shout-out in this article.

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      1. Ann Kowal Smith‏ @anksmith1 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost A phenomenal visualization. Wow.

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      1. Sonja Kodric‏ @sonjaKR 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost Just great, short & clear - make a picture of the numbers and the point really comes across.

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      1. Mel McGuire‏ @meljmcguire 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost On average, the US lost 9,000 killed per month. The country was less than 1/2 the size it is now. Yes, 9,000 per mon

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      1. Alistair Barrington‏ @AngryFistofGod 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost wow when did this happen?

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      1. Douglas Bulloch‏ @douglasbulloch 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost And rather supports your Better Angles thesis, I might add.

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      1. yves lecours‏ @topgunwn 15 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost as there ever been an estimation done on what the world population be if nobody had died in wars ever or 2000 years

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      1. Brad Dolman‏ @braddolman 10 Jun 2015
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        Humbling. / Jaw-Dropping Visualization Shows The Sheer Number Who Died In WWII http://huff.to/1Qerrmg  via @theworldpost (via @sapinker)

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      1. Gerard Cusack‏ @gacusack1 10 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost

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      1. jaap den dulk‏ @dulk 10 Jun 2015
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        The Long Peace: Jaw-Dropping Visualization on War (Our luck to be alive now, or in 18m16s) http://huff.to/1Qerrmg  via @sapinker

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      1. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost Unfortunately, it's a very partial list, in two senses of the word "partial".

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      1. Elijah Jones‏ @Dream_Reborn 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker WWIII would be even worse. What are we doing to prevent it? Ramping up fight w/ ISIS, new Cold War w/ Russia? 😨 Please humanity✌🏾

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost Interesting.

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      1. Fluxo do Pensamento‏ @fluxopensamento 9 Jun 2015
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        @sapinker @TheWorldPost Wow. Thx for sharing!

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      1. world, hello (threaded)‏ @michael_at_work 9 Jun 2015
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        .@sapinker @TheWorldPost The project: http://www.fallen.io/ww2/ 

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      1. Kate‏ @girlmc 9 Jun 2015
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        “@sapinker: Jaw-Dropping Visualization Shows The Sheer Number Who Died In WWII http://huff.to/1Qerrmg  via @theworldpost” @boymc

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