How long is 20,000,000,000,000 shakes?

Launched from Kazakhstan in 1957, Sputnik was the first artificial satellite placed into orbit around Earth, where it remained for 790,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000 shakes. During its voyage, it traveled about 70,000,000 km (43,495,983.46 mi), completing an orbit of the planet every 580,000,000,000 shakes.

The War between Spain and the United States over the liberation of Cuba began on April 25th, 1898 and lasted until the signing of the Treaty of Paris on August 12th, 1898, 933,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000 shakes. The Treaty gave the United States control of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

On December 2nd, 1982 Dr. William DeVries implanted the first artificial heart into Dr. Barney Bailey Clark, who went on to live for 968,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000 shakes. This early model of the artificial heart was controlled and powered by an external, 146.51 kg (323 lb) machine that Dr. Clark had to cart with him as he moved throughout the hospital.

Per National Football League Rules, an American football game consists of four periods of 90,000,000,000 shakes each for a total of 360,000,000,000 shakes. The total duration of a football game can often be more than three hours, including stoppages of play, the intermission at halftime, team timeouts, and, in televised games, commercial timeouts. The Super Bowl — the highest-profile game of the sport — aired 270,000,000,000 shakes of commercials in 2009.

Per National Basketball Association rules , a basketball game (without an overtime) consists of four periods of 72,000,000,000 shakes each, for a total of 288,000,000,000 shakes of playing time. The first basketball game, played in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played in 180,000,000,000 shakes and ended with a score of 1-0.

Following his father, Charles X's, abdication on the eve of the 1830 French Revolution, Louis-Antoine d'Artois was technically king for a period of approximately 100,000,000,000 shakes on August 2nd, 1830. Louis-Antoine's only official act as king was to abdicate the throne to his nephew, the Henri, the Duke of Bordeaux.

On March 18th, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 Soviet space mission, cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov conducted the first human spacewalk, which lasted 72,000,000,000 shakes. The total mission length was 9,400,000,000,000 shakes.

The Korean War between North Korea (a.k.a. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a.k.a. DPRK) and South Korea (a.k.a. Republic of Korea, a.k.a. ROK) began on June 25th, 1950 during the Cold War. The war paused with the signing of an armistice on July 27th, 1953 — 9,746,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes — although the war is officially ongoing and marked by occasional border conflicts.

The deadliest war in American history, the American Civil War is generally considered to have begun on with the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12th, 1861 and to have lasted until the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army on April 9th, 1865 — 12,600,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes. A total of 620,000 American (including Confederate) soldiers are estimated to have lost their lives due to the war.

On June 20th, 1970, Dave Kunst set out from Waseca, Minnesota with $1,000 and a mule. Kunst completed his walk around the world (with a 1,051,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes pause following an assault he suffered during the journey) on October 5th, 1974 — 13,550,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 shakes.

World War I is considered to have begun with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914 and to have lasted until the signing of the armistice with Germany on November 11th, 1918, for a total of 13,800,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes. However, the Treaty of Versailles which ended conflicts between the major powers was not signed until June 28th, 1919 and the last formal peace treaties were not signed until August 23rd, 1923 — 15,100,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000000 shakes after the armistice was signed.

The most widespread war in history, the Second World War is generally considered to have started with the German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 and to have until the surrender of Japan on September 2nd, 1945, a total of 18,950,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 shakes. Also the deadliest conflict in history, the war had an estimated 60 million casualties globally.

The construction crew of the Chunnel broke ground in England on December 15th, 1987 and the tunnel was inaugurated by the Queen of England and the President of France on May 6th, 1994 — a total construction time of 20,140,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 shakes. The 4.9 million cubic meters of chalk excavated from the UK side of the Chunnel was dumped within sea walls to create the 299,467.38 sq. km (74 acre) Samphire Hoe County Park near Dover, Kent.

The War between Great Britain and the its thirteen colonies in North America (now the United States) for the independence of the United States is generally considered to have started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 18th, 1775 (sometimes known as "The Shot Heard 'round the World") and to have concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3rd, 1783 — 26,440,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 shakes. A total of 25,000 Americans are estimated to have died as a result of the war.

Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, Tutankhamun begin his reign at the age of eight in 1333 BCE and remained pharaoh until 1324 BCE — 30,000,000,000,000,000.0000000000000000000 shakes later. When artifacts from Tut's tomb were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York) from late 1976 to 1979, they were viewed by an estimated 8 million people.