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I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.
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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
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Saint Louis Park
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Thomas Loren Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
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