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ret5hd

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3. One trillion dollars...

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:23 AM

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a hundred dollar bill is .0043” thick

a stack of $100 bills that equals $1T is about:
67,866 miles high
and he is still not satisfied
it is an illness

on edit:
for reference, the circumference of Earth is about 24,900 miles

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