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Originally Posted by Ateneo_BluEagles
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill.
A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000.
$1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000)
$100 million
$1 BILLION dollars
Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.
You ready for this?
It's pretty surprising.
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
source: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/in...ef=patrick.net |
This should be moved to politics section. Judging from this post you are a conservative. Intriguing post though.
