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What really is a million, a billion and a trillion? A breakfast TV presenter put this into perspective for me in terms I could really grasp.

1 million seconds equal 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equal 31 and 3/4 years.
1 trillion seconds equal 31,710 years.

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The wart hog's mating call can be heard primarily in the summer dry seasons.

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Originally posted by whodey
The wart hog's mating call can be heard primarily in the summer dry seasons.
Answer it.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Answer it.
He already did, that's how he knows🙂

Another piece of useless information: Drewnogal is Lagonwerd spelled backwards!

Reminds me of that famous palindrone:

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!

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Originally posted by drewnogal
What really is a million, a billion and a trillion? A breakfast TV presenter put this into perspective for me in terms I could really grasp.

1 million seconds equal 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equal 31 and 3/4 years.
1 trillion seconds equal 31,710 years.
A British million or an American million??

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
A British million or an American million??
Do the math.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
A British million or an American million??
If you guys hadn't surrendered YOUR version of the language to the French, we wouldn't be talking about it.

What in the hell IS a "milliard", anyways?

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Originally posted by sonhouse
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal, Panama!

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Answer it.
For the last time, I'm not your type! 😠

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal, Panama!
Ok, now this is genius.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal, Panama!
Good one for sure!

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Originally posted by drewnogal
What really is a million, a billion and a trillion? A breakfast TV presenter put this into perspective for me in terms I could really grasp.

1 million seconds equal 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equal 31 and 3/4 years.
1 trillion seconds equal 31,710 years.
Another good way to imagine how big a million is

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal, Panama!
Sorcerer.

😲

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Originally posted by Suzianne
If you guys hadn't surrendered YOUR version of the language to the French, we wouldn't be talking about it.

What in the hell IS a "milliard", anyways?
Actually the European languages generally agree on number format.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal, Panama!
Not sure if you realise but that reads the same backwards