"Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global de...

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.
~ Bill Gates ~












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