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The 6 million question

Big numbers present us with a real challenge! How do we understand their size and the significance of what they represent? Once numbers get past a certain size this gets harder and harder. One, two, three, .....big! There are numerous instances of billions and millions being incorrectly used in journalism and nobody even notices because they are just seen as big numbers. How far is a light year? How big is the national...

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