Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 days agoLike calling the numbering system base 10. It would be base 10 regardless of the number of units
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoBut what if I like counting by making hash marks on a stick? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unary_numeral_system
Like calling the numbering system base 10.
It would be base 10 regardless of the number of units
But what if I like counting by making hash marks on a stick?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unary_numeral_system