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This blew my mind

not from this article but from a documentary I once saw, and equally if not more mindblowing, it is estimated that about 20% of the entire world food supply goes to rats



So their eradication could be a solution to the food crisis? Interesting thought.


Humankind produces enough food for humankind, but due to various reasons entirely human, some of it is wasted or destroyed (to keep price up) rather than distributed to those in need.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/13/un-one-third-of-food-pro...




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