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The Globalist's Fast Facts |
| 1. | By 2030, roughly
12% of the world's population will live in high-income countries
— compared to 18% back in 1980. World
Bank
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| 2. | Worldwide,
933 million people live in slums. United
Nations
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| 3. | Since the
early 1960s, world exports have grown from just under $1 trillion
a year (in 2000 dollars) to nearly $10 trillion a year — or by 5.5% per
year. World
Bank
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| 4. | Over 80% of
the metropolitan population of Dubai is foreign-born — compared to
half in Miami, 45% in Toronto and 35% in New York. Globalization
Studies Network
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| 5. | More than
90% of all e-mail worldwide in recent months was unsolicited junk mail. Postini
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| 6. | A large order
of french fries and chicken nuggets at McDonald's in New York has 10.2 grams
of trans fat — compared to 0.33 grams in Denmark. New
England Journal of Medicine
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| 7. | The EU
accounts for 7.5% of the world's population. Financial
Times
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| 8. | Between the
end of World War II in 1945 and 2006, Italy has had 61 governments. Financial
Times
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| 9. | U.S. vintners
can blend up to 25% of wines from other countries with their wines and still
label them as "American." Wall
Street Journal
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| 10. | The genome
of modern humans is more than 99.5% identical to that of the Neanderthal
man — who went extinct about 30,000 years ago. International
Herald Tribune
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