Here's one way to think about large numbers:
One thousand seconds equals 16 minutes and 40 seconds
One million seconds equals 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds
One billion seconds equals 11,574 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes and 40 second
One trillion seconds equals 31,709 YEARS, 9 months, two weeks, 1 day, 2 hours, 46 minutes and 39 seconds.
The US national debt is $22 trillion. In seconds that would equal almost 700,000 YEARS!
It took me a moment but I figured it out, I dislike that clock. The hour numbers maintain orientation around the face but the second numbers do not. Unpleasant.
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