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		jajko 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The daily life of a medieval king > I think about 5-10 million die every year from starvation. That's an outrageous claim you need to back with some hard facts, otherwise patently untrue.

IAmBroom 7 months ago [–]

"According to the World Food Programme, an estimated 9 million people died from hunger and hunger-related diseases in 2021."

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+people+die+worldwid...

Unsupported claims are not "patently untrue"; THAT claim also requires citation.

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