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 Ive posted this before but it begs repeating:

Our minds struggle with large numbers that aren’t relevant in our day to day lives.  The number of pine needles on a tree vs the quantity of sand particles on a beach.  Its just a lot.

To put these large numbers in perspective, 
1 million seconds is ~11.5 days. (.317th of a yr)

1 billion seconds is ~31.7 years

1 Trillion seconds is ~31,700 years. 

The US debt increased by a trillion dollars in the first 100 days of this year.
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