Monday, January 01, 2007

Big Numbers

So just in case you ever wondered if we really needed names for all those huge numbers like a quadrillion or a sextillion, consider the Hungarian pengoe. Hyperinflation after World War II was so bad that 100 quintillion pengoe bills were produced. That is 1020, or a hundred million billion. Damn. Now aren't you glad we have a word for that number?

Happy New Year, all ya'll.

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