A billion is a hard number to really understand because it represents a very huge amount. To help put it in perspective, here are some things to think about:
1. It takes about 30 years just to count to one billion.
2. One billion minutes ago, the Roman empire was flourishing.
3. One billion centimeters is about the distance from Chicago to Tokyo.
4. One billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the stone age.
5. One billion months ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Now this is just one billion, can you imagine 100 billion?
(I found this info on mathforum.org and wikipedia.org)
Dwight W.
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