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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 41 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Arabic Numerals have taken over the world! When will this madness stop? /s

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Especially that diabolic number "zero". It is a pure Arab invention. The Romans did fine without it. Then the Arabs introduced zero and we know what happened with the Roman Empire. Now, zeros can be found everywhere - they can even hide in computers. America should really exzerminate these zeros befote it is too late!!

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

OMG! They divided!