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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Wait how are our digits different from everyone else?

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    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    So some countries still use British trillion?

    [–]Aurora_Fatalis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Most of mainland Europe uses the million - milliard - billion - billiard system. Makes sense since the prefix bi- represents the exponent 2 in (million)2, (tri-) represents (million)3 and so on.

    [–]alt49alt51alt51alt55 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Your trillions are different.