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Correction for the length of The American Revolutionary War

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How long is 50,000,000 minutes?
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as long as The American Revolutionary War
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The length of The American Revolutionary War is about 4,407,000 minutes.
(a.k.a. American War of Independence) (1775-83)
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 — 4,406,000 minutes. A total of 25,000 Americans are estimated to have died as a result of the war.
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