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The Hella Prefix Is Coming Soon

Students at the university of california davis started a petition to propose a new prefix. And that is hella, for ten to the 20 seventh power. If the hella prefix is adopted officially, it would be the first of the prefixes for huge numbers not to come from classical languages like latin and greek.

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