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Yes, I raised an eyebrow as well when I heard this. The Russian Civil War also had millions of casualties.

Maybe as a percentage of total population it would be true?

Not even close. The An Lushan rebellion killed several percent of the entire world's population.

To be clear, it may have killed as many as 1/6 of the human population [0].

Maybe they just smothered each other.

Hmmm, why did I just feel I'm reading reddit?