What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

A billion dollars... A hundred billion dollars... Eight hundred billion dollars... One TRILLION dollars... What does that look like?

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slightly fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1,5 cm thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...


TRILLION!? What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros: 1 000 000 000 000. So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about. (And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

[Source: Internet]