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Fact #1:	Wikipedia is run by a non-profit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation.
Fact #2:	Even though Wikipedia is one of the five most visited websites in the world, we employ fewer than 35 people.
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Fact #4:	We exist so that every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
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