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by marton78 2183 days ago
Less than 8,000 apparently.
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Common mistake if you come from a language using the long scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
I guess instead of saying "a billion dollars" we should say "1 Gigadollar"
Mmm, I'd like to spend no more than half a kilorupeee on dinner.
I was surprised the first time I read about crore and lakh, they take some time to get used to.