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  "title": "A History of Global Living Conditions",
  "description": "Two centuries of progress in human wellbeing — poverty, life expectancy, child mortality, literacy, political freedom, and education — from 1800 to today. Data from Our World in Data, synthesised from the article 'A History of Global Living Conditions in 6 Charts'.",
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