Man arrested for trying to pass a $360 billion check Posted: 5 months ago by arsphidius
The man told police he's starting his own record label and that he had been given the money by his girlfriend's mother to help him start it.
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French Man Pulls One of the Biggest Fraud Schemes Posted: 9 months ago by muppetmaker
Banking in at over $7 Billion, the scheme was finally unearthed this week with the unstable market. The catch? He did it all alone. What could one man need $7 Billion for?
...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. "I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste."
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Mother Can't Take Her Severely Epileptic Son To School Until She Passes Criminal Background Check Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
She hires a taxi to take her son to school. She rides along to be present should he have an attack or otherwise needs urgent treatment. Because she takes a taxi, she is being forced to undergo a background check before she can accompany her son on his ride to school. If she drove herself, she wouldn't need one.
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How much is a "Billion?" Posted: 2 years ago by thephrog
Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help:
"Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?"
All the following pages have tables at the bottom, listing things such as the value of the pennies, size of the pile, weight, and area (if laid flat). All weights and measurements are U.S. standards, not metric."
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