200 thousand Americans dead is a big number. Today I've been thinking about how to get a sense of it.

There are only 172,000 active words in the English language. Not enough for one for every person who has died.

200 thousand Americans dead is a big number.

I make a podcast every weekday and record the duration in a spreadsheet.

200 thousand seconds ago (55+ hours), this was what we were talking about:

200 thousand Americans dead is more than one for every second of your work week.

200 thousand Americans dead -- imagine this stadium twice over, empty.

200 thousand Americans dead -- that's the population of Tallahassee, Florida.

Imagine if this city were empty:

200 thousand Americans dead -- that's the population of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Imagine if this city were empty:

200 thousand Americans dead -- that's the population of Montgomery, Alabama.

Imagine if this city were empty:

200 thousand Americans dead -- that's the population of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Imagine if this city were empty:

200 thousand Americans dead --

That's the number of words in:
- Moby Dick
- Deathly Hallows
- Fellowship of The Ring

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