• orclev@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Huh, never heard of that before. I’ve literally only ever heard of 1 billion as 1,000,000,000.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, it could be confusing, except what individual on earth has a trillion (long-form billion) dollars? It’ll happen in our lifetimes, sure, but not right now

      Also, look up lakh and crore if you want to think you’re having a stroke