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Septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion… It depends where you live!
Septillion, in the US is a 10²⁴, but in the UK it’s 10⁴². However, Septillion comes from F < L, septem, which means 7. -illion comes from F < OF milion (million).

Go figure.

Wikipedia has the scoop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septillion#The_.22standard_dictionary_numbers.22

Crazy.

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