My dad sent me this Internet tidbit:
How big is a billion? it's a one with nine zeros behind it.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
So... just how big is a billion?
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1976 (by my own calculations of 60sec x 60min x 24hours x 365.25days x 32 years = 1,009,843,200 seconds)
B. A billion minutes ago it was 1308 AD and King Edward II ruled England.
C. A billion hours ago was the year 12,252 BC.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
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I am going to take it on faith that D and E are correct.
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