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Drill, baby, drill: HIDDEN glaciers ON MARS hold 150bn cubic metres of precious frozen WATER

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The old ways are better...

BIllion = million million ( bi get it?)

TRIllion = million million million ..(Tri..3)

Quadrillion = million million million million (quad ..4)

The modern scheme wrecks the meaning..

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