Apparently they call it “Hindu-Arabic” numbers now. Not sure if that makes it more or less frightening
Arabs got their numbers from Persians. Europeans got their numbers from Arabs.
Just wait until they find out public schools are giving their children dihydrogen monoxide without asking for parental approval.
Ah yes, 2,313 people, otherwise known as a representative sample 350 million.
Edit: I’m not respond to the morons who think someone’s FB status poll is representative of America.
I mean we really should be using Mayan numerals. Switching to a base 12 numerical system would simplify using the Imperial measurement system. /s
but why? you’ll still measure things in football fields, elephants or “large boulders” so it won’t affect you much
Rest of the world: meters, cm, mm
The US: gerbil teeth, lark tongues in aspic, toenail clippings on fire
Metres*
Meter is a measuring device (like a rain meter)
Metre is a unit of measurement
LVII percent of people are morons.
