Tuesday, October 17, 2006
And Baby Makes 300 Million...
About 40 minutes ago the US population hit the 300 million mark. We are the 3rd most populous nation - if the Soviet Union still existed, we would have knocked them down to #4 sometime in the past decade. Only India and China surpass us, though they surpass us by several multiples. India and China together have EIGHT TIMES our population, and over one third of the world's people. Note as well: Without the heavy immigration we've had since the 1980s, we'd be well under 250 million...Conspicuous aging: fitness guru Jack LaLanne turned 92 this week, and former Israeli premier Yitzkhan Shamir turned 91.
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