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Date14 September 2006 /

A random fact involving some big numbers

Dr Luis von Ahn of Carnegie Mellon University estimated that in 2003, nine billion human hours were spent playing computer solitaire. To put this in context, the construction of the Panama Canal took 20 million human-hours.

So there.

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So how many were spent playing Angry Birds?

June 9, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDan

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