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BLM Teacher Says 2+2 Only = 4 Because of “Western Imperialism” (summit.news)
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– somethinga9230k 7 points ago +7 / -0

As far as I know, the positional notation system with 10 digits including 0 and signifying for instance "10" as, well, "10", came from Hindus in India. The current characters, I believe, came from the Middle East, and they might also have added the idea of a fraction, like "3.14".

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