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Comment Re:Just STFU... (Score 1) 190

by stupidslashdot on Thursday December 08, 2005 @02:08AM (#14208341) Attached to: India Hits Back in 'Bio-Piracy' Battle

Please get your facts right, the present numeral system along with 0 and decimal places was designed in India, by Hindus. It was transmitted to Europe thru Arabs.

More at Wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numerals and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

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