Einar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timemetric-time.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.eetechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareLordGimp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoAncient central Americans used a base 12 number system and counted on their fingers using finger segments (3 per finger, 4 fingers, 12 segments). Makes fractions way more intuitive
Ancient central Americans used a base 12 number system and counted on their fingers using finger segments (3 per finger, 4 fingers, 12 segments). Makes fractions way more intuitive