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hairinmybellybutt@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

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  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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    The French used to count in base 20 (so that means both hands and both feet), which is why they read 97 as quatre-vingt-dix-sept, ie 4*20+10+7.

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      One of the reasons why I hate learning French so much.

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