minus-squarecrate_of_mice@feddit.nutoTechnology@lemmy.world•Meta Threads engagement has dropped 50% in a weeklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThat’s true, although the long scale billion hasn’t been a thing even in Britain for decades. If it’s fun facts you like, try this: English is the clear odd one out, most other languages use milliard for 10^9 and billion for 10^12. linkfedilink
minus-squarecrate_of_mice@feddit.nutoTechnology@lemmy.world•Meta Threads engagement has dropped 50% in a weeklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·1 year agoYour maths is a little off there: 100m is 5% linkfedilink
That’s true, although the long scale billion hasn’t been a thing even in Britain for decades.
If it’s fun facts you like, try this: English is the clear odd one out, most other languages use milliard for 10^9 and billion for 10^12.