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If I give you £1 billion and you stand on a street corner handing out £1 per second, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you would still not have handed out £1 billion after 31 years!
Now read on. This is true and rather hard to really understand.
Now read on. This is true and rather hard to really understand.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago, they claim Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago, they claim Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
