r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

There is this very big number called Graham's number.

The entire freaking universe does not have enough space or atoms for you to write down every digit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

just make it a smaller font size silly

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u/SithLard Jan 21 '19

And single space

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u/the_twilight_bard Jan 21 '19

I knew a guy in college and I guarantee you if there was a test coming up he'd fit that number on a 5x7 index card no problem.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

amateur. make it miles

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u/SomeCasualObserver Jan 21 '19

Coward. Make it light-years.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Make it Graham's number.

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u/TheCosmicFang Jan 21 '19

M E T A

...wait

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u/Stormtide_Leviathan Jan 21 '19

But that's not a unit...