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Did you know? The numerals 0-9 we use today are actually Arabic — which they learned from India in the 8th-9th century. That's why they're called "Hindu-Arabic numerals". The modern zero was defined in India in the 7th century by mathematician Brahmagupta. Before that, no culture had a special symbol for "nothing".

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The numerals 0-9 we use today are actually Arabic — which they learned from India in the 8th-9th century. That's why they're called "Hindu-Arabic numerals". The modern zero was defined in India in the 7th century by mathematician Brahmagupta. Before that, no culture had a special symbol for "nothing".

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