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September 27, 2004

Million, Billion, Tomato, Tomahto

Quick, million is to billion, as a penny is to:

A. A penny
B. A dime
C. A dollar
D. Ten dollars
E. All of the above

Answer: E, if you’re not really paying attention.

Here’s the difference in pixels.

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If the words “million” and “billion” were proportional in length, billion would be spelled like this.

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Anyway, from Ted Kennedy’s speech today.

“The Bush Administration can't account for 8 billion dollars in Iraqi oil funds.”

This is what he was referencing.

Posted by dme at September 27, 2004 10:17 PM

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