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Option	Votes
Of all the people in history that have reached 65 years of age, half of them are living right now.	5
If Earth's life was compressed into one year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.	3
If Earth was the size of a basketball, the moon would be the size of a tennis ball and they'd be 25 feet apart.	2
The largest animal that ever lived is also currently living -- the blue whale.	1
The world consumes 2 quarts (approx. 2 liters) of oil per person, per day.	0
The Middle East's population almost tripled over the last 30 years.	0

― underwear, i'm tearing you asunder (get bent), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 04:33 (fourteen years ago)

i picked the one about the moon being a tennis ball.

― underwear, i'm tearing you asunder (get bent), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago)

mmmm, tasty oil

― xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 09:42 (fourteen years ago)

Of all the people in history that have reached 65 years of age, half of them are living right now.

if this doesn't blow yr mind then idk what's wrong with you

― xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 09:43 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 11 November 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

If Earth's life was compressed into one year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.

― A brownish area with points (chap), Thursday, 11 November 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago)

Always like that humbling perspective-giving kind of stuff.

― A brownish area with points (chap), Thursday, 11 November 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 12 November 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

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