Scoop: Things that make you go "hmmm"

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January 9th , 2008 - Things that make you go "hmmmm"

Have you ever thought why 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"?

The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was
the logic behind the phoenician numbers?

It's all about angles!

I received an email explaining the following:

If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper
in their older forms, one quickly sees why.

I have marked the angles with "o"s.

No 1 has one angle.

No 2 has two angles.

No 3 has three angles.
etc.

and "O" has no angles

phoenician numbers

Interesting, isn't it?

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