How not to be ignorant about the world Hans and Ola Rosling

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Sep 11, 201400:18:55Education

How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being qui...

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