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BBC News had this to say on the case:

 

US bank customer Dalton Chiscolm could learn on Friday if he is one step closer to becoming the world's first ever billion-trillionaire.

Mr Chiscolm sued Bank of America in Manhattan's federal court in August for "$1,784 billion trillion", in a complaint that boiled down to poor customer service.

But US District Judge Denny Chin asked Mr Chiscolm to provide further evidence to support his claims by 23 October, or find them dismissed.

Judge Chin is familiar with large sums of money, having just sentenced financier Bernard Madoff to a 150-year prison term.

But Madoff's $65bn (£40bn) Ponzi scheme pales in comparison to the amount Mr Chiscolm expects from the bank.

Judge Chin called the complaint "incomprehensible", in an order released in court.

 

Many zeroes

The actual number, 1,784 billion trillion, is equal to 1.784 multiplied by 10 to the 24th power, or 1,784 followed by 21 zeroes.

Using the International System of Units, this number is called a Yotta.

Which is how much exactly?

"The Sun has the power of a Yotta microwave ovens," says Chris Budd, Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bath, by way of explanation.

This unfathomable number is used mainly by scientists to measure the very small or the very large, said Dr Kevin Houston, senior lecturer at the the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds.

But people are not meant to actually comprehend a number this size.

"I don't think the human brain is set to deal with those numbers," he said.

 

'Completely silly'

The specificity of Mr Chiscolm's requested amount - $1,784 billion trillion - is even more curious.

"It could be that if they did say just one billion it would seem just plucked out of the air," Dr Houston said. "Is it something to do with a date? What happened in 1784?"

Following up Dr Houston's suggestion, we found a few events in 1784 that could offer insight into the inspiration behind the number.

Is Mr Chiscolm an American nationalist? On 14 January, the American Revolutionary War ended and Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris. Or perhaps he is a classical music aficionado, for Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454, premiered in Vienna on 29 April. Maybe he is a newspaper fan, because America's first daily newspaper, Penns Packet and General Advertiser, was published on 21 September.

Regardless of the reasoning, the monetary amount is beyond financial recognition.

"The guy wants more money than there is in the world," Dr Houston said. "It's completely silly."

 

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^I wonder if this guy realizes how much one trillion dollars is, let alone over a thousand billion of those. 

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1.784 ?

 

Perhaps January 7, 1984 (1/7/84)? A birthday of family member/his own?

 

Important events on 1/7/1984 >>> http://www.dayinhistory.net/?m=January&d=7&y=1984&go=Go

 

The number is completely ridiculous and made me lol! BUT... if he wins ANY amount due to "poor customer service", think of all of the lawsuits that will come from this and how many companies will go bankrupt.

 

Absurd... completely absurd.

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man this is stupid. if he were to win (which is highly doubtful for his lies and for everyone who will be supporting against him) not only would i be shocked but the entire U.S would crash wed go back in a depression and we wouldn't beable to pay anything and lose everything we own.

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