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Irritatingly, that's a quadrillion, not a quintillion.
Holy fuck, that is irritating. I was still in bed. Leaving it for posterity. Thanks for pointing it out. Even more irritating, I said each "billion" is a group of six zeros. Technical definitions aside, should have been "million".
Ever since I watched this Numberphile video, I've been disappointed at how widespread the "short" scale is.