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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, on October 17, 2006 the United States become the third country (behind China and India) to be home to more than 300 million people. Big numbers can be hard to understand, but I found some really cool maps, clocks, and graphics to put it into perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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