<html lang&equals;"en"><head><meta name&equals;"robots" content&equals;"index&comma; follow"&sol;>&NewLine;<title>The MegaPenny Project &vert; One Billion Pennies<&sol;title><&sol;head>&NewLine;&NewLine;<body background&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-penbg&period;jpg">&NewLine;<font face&equals;"arial" color&equals;"white" size&equals;"2">&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;<br>&NewLine;<center>&NewLine;<h1>The MegaPenny Project &vert; One Billion Pennies<&sol;h1><table width&equals;"95&percnt;" border&equals;"1" cellpadding&equals;"12" cellspacing&equals;"0" bordercolor&equals;"&num;cccccc"><tr><td bgcolor&equals;"&num;AEAA9F">&NewLine;&NewLine;<center>&NewLine;<table border&equals;"1" cellpadding&equals;"4" cellspacing&equals;"0" frame&equals;"below" rules&equals;"rows">&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td colspan&equals;"2"><font face&equals;"arial" color&equals;"white" size&equals;"2" style&equals;"font-size&colon;13px&semi;font-weight&colon;600&semi;">&NewLine;<center><font style&equals;"font-size&colon;17px&semi;">One Billion Pennies<&sol;font><br><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-one&lowbar;bill&lowbar;A&period;jpg" border&equals;"0" vspace&equals;"0" height&equals;"245" width&equals;"550"><br><span style&equals;"color&colon;black&semi;font-size&colon;18px&semi;">1&comma;000&comma;018&comma;176<&sol;span><br>One billion&comma; eighteen thousand&comma; one hundred and seventy-six Pennies<br>&lbrack; Five school buses&period; &rsqb;<br>&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;<hr noshade&equals;"true" width&equals;"100" size&equals;"1"><&sol;center><font color&equals;"&num;222222" style&equals;"font-weight&colon;normal&semi;">&NewLine;<b>E<&sol;b>ach of these blocks represents one 9x11x41 foot school bus - as seen below&period; If you were<br>&NewLine;to stack all these pennies in a single pile&comma; one atop the other&comma; the stack would reach nearly one<br>&NewLine;thousand miles high&period; For comparison&comma; note that the Space Shuttle typically orbits only 225 miles<br>&NewLine;above the Earth's surface&period; <br>&NewLine;<center><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-busstack&lowbar;A&period;jpg" border&equals;"0" vspace&equals;"3" height&equals;"90" width&equals;"302"><&sol;center>&NewLine;Only in North America and the general scientific community is this number &lpar;1&comma;000&comma;000&comma;000&rpar; 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