“People of Earth,” Conan O’Brien might begin his next press release. “NBC is going to cut me a check worth more – much more – than you will make in your lifetime.”

His reported $40 million settlement in severance pay does represent an unearthly sum. It’s worth:

•About $8 million more than what the United Kingdom, the second-largest state donor, has given to Haitian relief efforts so far;

•Nearly 15 times what the average American college grad can expect to make over 40 years of full-time employment.

Read More: – By David Grant, the Christian Science Monitor