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		adrian_b on July 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Invention of Zero Older than the use of zero in India, but hundreds of years later than the use of zero in Mesopotamia. In any case, this must have been an independent invention of zero.

kragen on July 9, 2024 [–]

unless it was brought over by the flying saucers

(now where did i put my aluminum foil)

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