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National Debt Clock runs out of zeroes

Source: The Guardian
New York City : NY : USA | about 1 year ago  
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So were he still with us, he'd be unimpressed to learn that National Debt Clock has now run out of room. The ballooning US national debt has now broken through the $10 trillion mark to reach $10,299.299,050,383 at the time of typing...Perhaps understandably, Durst though that thirteen digits would...
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