Multiply that trillion by 17 and you have how much Van Guard and Blackrock manage.
If you consider a cannon a firearm here is an interesting fact.
The origin of the expression " it’s cold enough outside to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"…
On pirate/warships of old that carried cannons, they needed something to keep the bottom layer of cannon balls in place to stack them in a pyramid next to each cannon. What they came up with was a square container similar to an egg carton which was called a monkey. Because of the moist sea air it could not be iron or the bottom layer of cannon balls would rust to the monkey so it was made out of brass, thus a “brass monkey”. Brass shrinks in cold weather. Cold enough and it would shrink enough that the balls would be able to roll away, thus freezing the balls off of a brass monkey.
Also the word ■■■■ really means “Ship High In Transit” but that’s a story for a different day…
Actually 1 billion billion would be 10 ^18, or 1 Femtollion. 1X10^9 X 1x10^9 = 1X10^18. Wow.
The one that irks me is the use of then and than. Seems like ppl have forgotten what the word then means.
Ive read that the Ship High In Transit is an urban legend.
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They were broken (literally and figuratively).
Actually it’s not. Manure based fertilizer was transported up and down the Mississippi as well as other rivers and great lakes. Due to the release and build-up of methane gas if it was in the hold and a hapless shipmate entered the hold area with a kerosene lantern or lit candle it usually did not end well. Ship High In Transit was so that the methane gas could dissipate into the air.
Yeah, that’s the story I heard as well. I’m sure the origins is older.
The word ■■■■ likely originated from the Old English word for dung: scite, before morphing into the Middle English word for excrement: schitte . The Oxford English Dictionary also notes that the word has Germanic origins and is related to the Dutch word schijten and the German word scheissen.
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If you had looked at my link above, you would have found the same:
Noun
Middle English *■■■■, from Old English scite; akin to Old English -scītan to defecate
Verb
alteration of earlier shite, from Middle English shiten, from Old English -scītan; akin to Old High German scīzan to defecate and probably to Old English scēadan to separate
I learn something new everyday lol
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That is how we know we are still alive… 
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IMPORTANT INFO > safety codes for house shades have changed. If your going to replace the old type shade with a new one ; not are they more expensive because there is more hardware, you must replace old hardware with the new. There is a way to use the new shades with the old hardware, a little time will save a lot of work.
If you are in that situation let me know, I can help ( before you get new shades )
PS: new safety code was because children were pulling the shades down
Hard enough to dislodge metal mounting hardware getting hurt on the parts ( get this ) you can special order stick on mounting hardware for the new shades after you remove the existing mounting hardware.
This information may seem unimportant, but it can save you a lot of trouble. Another change was there was a mandate for manufactures
to lower the ( cfpm ) on shower heads to conserve water.
HMMM - our tax dollars at work.
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Good to Institute for crimes.
