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One Of The Most Important Lists I’ve Ever Seen, And The United States Is In 99th Place. Yikes.

These fine folks had the brilliant idea to quantify peace and rank all the countries in the world. Unfortunately, the United States isn’t doing so hot right now. We’re — you guessed it — 99th out of the 162 countries on the list. How do we fix that? Take a look, and make sure to…

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