At 10:06 A.M. this morning, May 30, 2010 the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan passed the one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) dollar mark. Huge figures are tossed around like beanbags in Washington and few people seem to pay much attention, save the Tea Partiers lately. That got me to thinking… How much, exactly, is one trillion? I did some figuring and came up with some startling conclusions. To wit:
- One trillion seconds ago, it was 1978;
- One trillion minutes ago, it was 108 B.C.;
- One trillion days ago, it was 113,955 B.C.
Just a little food for thought to help put things in perspective…
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CORRECTION: One Trillion Days ago it was 113,955 B.C.
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