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end, so I did some diggin myself and found this:

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Question 31582
Submitted on 3/17/2003

The Sahara Desert covers about 8.3 x 10^13 square feet.
The average depth of the sand in the Sahara Desert is 200 feet.
A grain of sand has a volume of approximately 1.3 x 10^-9 cubic feet.
What would be the best estimate of the number of grains of sand in the
Sahara Desert?
A. 10^22
B. 10^23
C. 10^24
D. 10^25

Solution 31582

The volume of sand in the Sahara Desert is about (8.3 * 10^13) *
(2*10^2) = 16.6 * 10^15
If one grain of sand has a volume of 1.3 * 10^-9 cubic feet, then there are about
16.6 * 10^15 cubic feet / (1.3 * 10^-9 cubic feet/grain) grains of sand
= about 10^25 grains of sand (D)
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Apparently the Sahara Desert alone is a contender for annual rainfall!

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