The Indian government has sanctioned a nationwide census of vultures to establish how many remain.

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In the 2001 census 390, 000 people nationwide claimed they were Jedi - followers of the faith popularised in the Star Wars films - but that figure fell to 177, 000 in 2011.

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The Census Bureau later estimated that there were at most 33, 000 black-operated farms nationwide in those years.

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