Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help: tags mega penny project how much is a billion? visualize numbers penny"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." picked by thephrog 3 years ago |
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Starting next year, the US mint will unveil four new penny back designs in commemoration of Lincoln's 200th Birthday. 0 comments edit related share plime.comI thought we were supposed to be moving away from the penny? picked by TheShirtPocket 1 year ago |
One man's collection of rare American cents has turned into a $10.7 million auction windfall. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThe collection of 301 cents featured some of the rarest and earliest examples of the American penny, including a cent that was minted for two weeks in 1793 but was abandoned because Congress thought Lady Liberty looked frightened. picked by Marli 2 years ago |
A hoard of dinosaur bones has been discovered at the site of a planned desalination plant meant to deliver Australia's second biggest city from drought, forcing a re-think of the A$3 billion ($2.7 billion) project. The fossilised bones, estimated to be 115 million years old and belonging to dinosaurs and ancient marine reptiles, were found on a windswept beach in front of the planned project at Po... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
These engineering students at Texas Tech University have created some pretty amazing structures out of stacked pennies and other coins!! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share science |
From the common but so very important 0 to π. From numbers such as 42 to Graham's Number - the biggest number ever used in a mathematic proof. Most numbers are special, but some numbers gain ever lasting fame. These are their stories. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
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A penny, which consists of 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper, cost 1.26 cents to make as of Tuesday. And a nickel -- 75 percent copper and the rest nickel -- cost 7.7 cents, based on current commodity prices, according to the Mint. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP) is the largest ex situ conservation project ever conceived. Its partners will have banked seed from 10% of the world's wild plant species by the end of the decade. These will not be just any plants, but will include the rarest, most threatened and most useful species known to man... picked by bingo 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A shortage in pennies could lead to them being revalued to five cents each. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
World Beach Project is a global art project open to anybody, anywhere, building on the experience many of us have had on holiday of making patterns on beaches and shorelines. picked by cb__ 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
The University of Utah built an interactive sliding scale to illustrate the size of REALLY REALLY small things like cells, atoms, HIV, water molecule, etc. Click the link to see. Very cool. picked by jasontho 1 month ago 4 comments edit related share science |
When her mother started to show symptoms of dementia because of Alzheimer’s, Penny Garner never imagined that she would one day spearhead a radical new way to treat people with dementia. picked by Bingo 3 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
He's paid off a 335-dollar small claims court judgement in pennies. That's more than 33-thousand pennies. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
I can’t count the number of times that I’ve landed on a site or bought a product and experienced inadequate follow up. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t particularly care if I get follow up or not, I was just wondering about the owners of the business. What were they thinking? I’m going to keep this one really short now, and put it to you straight. If a potential customer ... read full post picked by jimmy123 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen. 17 comments edit related share plime.comThe hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
This guy has waaaaay too much time on his hands. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
These are tiny acrylic or enamel landscapes on 1-cent copper pennies of the exact locations where each 'lucky' penny was actually found. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
For years, government officials have urged people to protect their Social Security numbers by giving out the nine-digit codes only when absolutely necessary. Now it turns out that all the caution in the world may not be enough: New research shows that Social Security numbers can be predicted from publicly available birth information with a surprising degree of accuracy. picked by Bingo 5 months ago 10 comments edit related share technology |
Paint by Numbers is so passé. Chew By Numbers is so now. 2 comments edit related share weirdFrom the first chew to the final spread it's so much fun. Gum Art has never tasted so good! The old habit of sticking your chewed up gum under the chair is a thing of the past. Take out your Chew By Numbers art board and your a chew closer to a masterpiece. picked by DaftGretel 11 months ago |
Qu Liming objected to a local building project that would have meant he had to leave his cliffside home in Liulin, China. He tried to block the diggers with his car and they came up with a novel solution. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Really all pennies are good for are dumping them inside the ripoff machine known as "Coinstar". picked by pvisi111 1 year ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |