[Nepsotic]

x^y isn't x times y, it's x to the power of y.

5² = 5 * 5 = 25
2⁵ = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 32


3 * 99 = 297
99 * 3 = 297
3⁹⁹ = ~ 17 with 46 zeros following
99³ = 970299

And anyway, the correct number of endings would be 3⁹⁹. That's slightly less than the number of atoms in planet earth.

I'm not going to compete with that, not even going to try.
Fuck maths. Fuck the shit out of it.