minus-squareOrnatePotato@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Elon offers Wikipedia $ 1 billion to change their name to DickipedialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTangential, but I’ve always wondered why in English 10^9 is one billion. 10^6 is one million. Twice as many zeroes should be one billion. Three times as many, one trillion, etc. linkfedilink
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Tangential, but I’ve always wondered why in English 10^9 is one billion. 10^6 is one million. Twice as many zeroes should be one billion. Three times as many, one trillion, etc.