• GuStJaR@lemmy.world
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    Do you know what the difference is between a millionaire and a billionaire? About a billion.

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      A million seconds is 11.574 days, a billion seconds is 31.7 years

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      Do you know what the difference is between a thousand and a million? About a million.

      It’s almost as if there’s a pattern in how we name large numbers 🤔🤔🤔

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        The point is that 1 million is a big number (or a lot of money), as is 1 billion. But 1 billion is so big, it makes 1 million seem small by comparison. 1 thousand is not a big number.