🧵People always say war is so terrible, anything is worth it to avoid it...
You know what percentage of Germany died in WW2?
8%.
The most bloody war in history, for the most belligerent nation, that ended in total defeat... Killed 8%.
Your odds of dying in Germany in 1939
There's a 75 year old Italian-American guy who lives in an apartment in Little Italy in Manhattan. The apartment has been occupied by his family since they showed up in 1897, but they have never once owned it. He pays $87.50 per month in rent.
Nobel Prize Winners in the Hard Sciences
India (population 1.5 Billion) = 1
Croatia (population 4 million) =2
Do you want me to include athletics next? (you don't want that)