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Jeremy Harper is an
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entrant in the ''
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'' for counting aloud to
1,000,000 One million (1,000,000), or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian ''millione'' (''milione'' in modern Italian), from ''mille'', "thousand", plus the aug ...
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the entire process. The count took Harper 89 days, during each of which he spent sixteen hours counting. He began on June 18, 2007, finishing on September 14. His MillionCount website and forum were taken down some months later. During the count, he neither left his home in
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nor shaved. Viewers could watch him live throughout. He appeared on
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, and other national and local TV and radio shows. The count raised over $10,000 for his supporting charity Push America.Gordon, Amy (2007)
Counting to 1 million raises money on Web
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'', August 3, 2007, retrieved 2010-10-29
In 2010, Harper, along with Geno Pearson and Jeff Clanton, founded Birmingham Mountain Radio.


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