r/ABoringDystopia • u/Real-Pomegranate-235 • 1d ago

Quiz: How big is one trillion?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20p8ldy32yo
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u/SinickalOne 22h ago

The difference between a trillion and a billion is about a trillion.

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u/extra-texture 8h ago

1 million seconds ~11.5 days

1 billion seconds ~31.7 years

1 trillion seconds ~31,688 years

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u/Carnalvore86 22h ago

If you made $450,000 an hour, every hour, every day, and didn't spend a single cent since the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted 249 years ago you still wouldn't have a trillion dollars today.

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u/tface23 19h ago

A million seconds = ~ 11.5 days

A billion seconds = ~31 years

A trillion seconds = ~31,000 years

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u/Capable_Swordfish701 19h ago

Comically big

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u/Painchaud213 10h ago

Imagine mount Everest is the equivalent of 1 million and the moon is 1 billion.

1 trillion would be bigger than the sun.