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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Do the math.

Have you?
If so give me the answer. ... Or die

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.

Nice. Nice and scary. Math is frightening.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
A British million or an American million??

What? American. What is the difference.

I ask, with trepidation.

Originally posted by apathist
What? American. What is the difference.

I ask, with trepidation.

They are the same. Which is different. 😉
Billion. Trillion etc have different meanings in US & Europe.