Einar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timemetric-time.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timemetric-time.comEinar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square62linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLordGimp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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