THAT number above is a Quadrillion...(well, its an American Quadrillion...but British one is much bigger, hah).....but really just an excuse to post another picture of this lovely common Kingfisher.
During the Gulf War, President George W. Bush was briefed that 3 Brazilian soldiers had been killed in combat the previous day.
With the furrowed brow of a deeply concerned leader, after a long pause the President replied, "That's just terrible. How many is a Brazillion?"
on my note about the differences in numbers.....
In the American system, the Latin prefix refers to the number of groups of three zeros, not including the last group of three, which represents a thousand. Thus in the USA, a billion is 1,000,000,000 (109) and a quadrillion is a mere 1,000,000,000,000,000. (1015).
Wheras the original and best British System
In the British system, the Latin prefix represents the power of a million, thus a British billion is 1,000,000,000,000 (1012) and a British quadrillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1024).
All clear? and a joke to boot!
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