This article has absolutely nothing to do with metric except to point out the innumeracy of reporters and the problems we encounter in expecting them to use numbers and measurements correctly in articles. It is about hyper inflation and the extraordinarily large denomination bills formerly printed in Zimbabwe.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110102/ap_on_re_af/af_zimbabwe_numbers_game It contains this wonderful snippet: "Scientists and physicists estimate the number of atoms in the universe at 10 to the power of 80 — 10 followed by 80 zeros. During the worst of Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and hyperinflation, Zimbabwe's highest money denominations were logged at 10 to the power of 25 — 10 followed by 25 zeros — or the equivalent of nearly one third of the number of atoms estimated in the universe." Some comments note the reporter is off by 10^55 and reporters shouldn't do math.
