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What's in a number?
Millions, Billions, and Trillions.
Oh my!
To paraphrase Senator Everett Dirksen,
“A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money..."
When talking about the U.S. federal budget and its various programs, the terms “millions”, “billions”, and “trillions” get thrown about freely. In reality, these numbers are so large, and the jump from one to the next so vast, that they can be staggering to wrap your head around.
Users will upload over 1 MILLION videos to TikTok in the next 45 MINUTES.
Over the next MONTH, more than 1 BILLION videos will be uploaded to TikTok.
At the current rate, it will take over 80 YEARS for TikTok to add 1 TRILLION videos!
It would take you almost a WEEK of nonstop walking to take 1 MILLION steps.
It would take you 18 YEARS of nonstop walking to take 1 BILLION steps.
It would take you 18,119 YEARS of nonstop walking to take 1 TRILLION steps!
The 10 PLAYERS in a basketball game sport a combined 1 MILLION hairs on their heads.
Trimming 1 BILLION hairs would clean up just about everyone at PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
Shearing 1 TRILLION hairs would provide everyone in NORTH CAROLINA with a fresh cut!
The 10 PARTICIPANTS in a basketball game combine for 1 MILLION heartbeats per day.
1 BILLION heartbeats powered TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE through the Cleveland marathon.
The lifeblood of the entire populations of NYC AND Phoenix is moved by 1 TRILLION heartbeats every day!
1 MILLION gallons of paint would be enough to cover most of MANHATTAN.
1 BILLION gallons of paint would cover Manhattan PLUS Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
1 TRILLION gallons of paint would be enough to cover ALL of NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA!
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