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1 minute - 60 seconds.

7 billion people on this planet experience it in 7 billion unique ways. Here are the things which happen in this one minute.

- 18 people out of 107 die due to starvation. At the same time, 2500 tonnes of food is thrown as garbage.

- On an average, a person on this grow a penny richer and at the same time, Billgates earn $15,000 dollars.

- 250 babies are born. Of them, 113 are born below poverty line.

- 6207 kgs of Carbondioxide is emitted into the atmosphere, while 2000 fully grown trees are cut from the rainy forests.

- 1577 liters of waster is wasted due to leakages and about 3 children die drinking unclean water every second.

- And by the time you finished reading this, 0.25 species is vanished from this planet (That means, for every 4 minutes, one species is becoming extinct)

So, a minute is not minute (tiny).

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