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Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments(boingboing.net)

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numberfour002@lemmy.world
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I mean aren’t numbers invented by Arabics anyway? What’s the point at ending with 9 and 10 when they could go full 9 and 11? /s

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punseye@lemmy.world
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Invented by Hindus in India, spread by Arabs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system

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𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.world
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That joke flew over your head into a large office building.

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Maalus@lemmy.world
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I don’t think so, it just wasn’t funny

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Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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Ewww Arab numbers in MY FREEDOM LANGUAGE?!

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Maggoty@lemmy.world
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Haha, a racism! Much funny!

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