According to the Washington Post, if you counted out in $1,000 bills, a million dollars would be a stack 4 inches high. A billion dollars would be 358 feet high. And a trillion? 67.9 MILES high.
Which leads to my other thought:
2) Who is on the $1,000 bill? I didn't even know such a thing existed.
It's Grover Cleveland, forgotten but not gone.
Turns out the bill isn't in circulation, which kind of screws up the Washington Post's math.
3) Naturally, I had to find out who's on the rest of the money.
5 comments:
There IS (or was) a two dollar bill!? So how do we get away with saying, "As phony as a two dollar bill"?
This helped me picture a trillion.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=71848742587&h=0b8zf&u=0lSNc
Maybe it will help you too.
Thanks, Heddy. That TOTALLY helps.
Your link doesn't have a $100 bill. Interesting.
Marc,
I just read a really interesting article about blogging authors I thought you might be interested in (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090306.wbkread07/BNStory/globebooks/home).
So far I think all the people reading this blog love you, but if you don't finish "Jazz Hands" soon we may decide to revolt.
Kate
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