• PeepinGoodArgs
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    4 months ago

    Just FYI, you interpreted the headline wrong. I did, too…but then they have this gem:

    That is larger than the population of 36 US states, including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

    They’re not combined, otherwise the impact of the argument wouldn’t have the emotional force it does by listing 36 states individually lol.