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HTML

<div class='container'>
  <div class='text1'>1</div>
  <div class='text2'>Text2</div>
</div>

CSS

.container {
  display: block;
  width: 200px;
  column-count: 2;
}

.text1 {
  background-color: red;
  column-width: 50%;
}

.text2 {
  background-color: blue;
  column-width: 50%;
}