And the possibilites are nearly endless as a nice example of u/techniforus on reddit some time ago:

I've seen a a really good explanation of how big 52! actually is.

Set a timer to count down 52! seconds (that's 8.0658x1067 seconds).

  • Stand on the equator, and take a step forward every billion years.
  • When you've circled the earth once, take a drop of water from the Pacific Ocean, and keep going.
  • When the Pacific Ocean is empty, lay a sheet of paper down, refill the ocean and carry on.
  • When your stack of paper reaches the sun, take a look at the timer.
    The 3 left-most digits won't have changed. 8.063x1067 seconds left to go. You have to repeat the whole process 1000 times to get 1/3 of the way through that time. 5.385x1067 seconds left to go.

So to kill that time you try something else.

  • Shuffle a deck of cards, deal yourself 5 cards every billion years.
  • Each time you get a royal flush, buy a lottery ticket.
  • Each time that ticket wins the jackpot, throw a grain of sand in the grand canyon.
  • When the grand canyon's full, take 1oz of rock off Mount Everest, empty the canyon and carry on.
  • When Everest has been levelled, check the timer.

There's barely any change. 5.364x1067 seconds left. You'd have to repeat this process 256 times to have run out the timer.

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it comes form a vsauce video.

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That info might prove useful and save a bit of time when playing card games :)

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Gratitude for playing cards with vampires.

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Thank you for the giveaway! Installing this very moment :D

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