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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/hurshy238 on 2026-02-19 18:53:52+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The Valeriepieris Circle is a region centred roughly on Myanmar/Southeast Asia with a radius of about 4,000 km. Despite covering only 6.7% of the Earth’s surface, it contains more than half the world’s population, over 4 billion people, thanks to China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and others.