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    The Mayans were the first people to use (or invent) the number 0.

    They als invented corn with selective breeding.

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    • Concept of zero goes back to Sumerians. Mayans developed it independently thousands of years laterGnash
    • The more you knowNBQ00
    • And it's "Maya" not "Mayan" TMYK.sarahfailin
    • ^ I bet you say, octopi, instead of, Octopussies :)Gnash
    • ^octopie works too, also Mayazgrafician
    • Only the Indian dot that would eventually go on to gain true number status, first described in 628 AD by the Indian astronomer and mathematician Brahmaguptasted
    • Gnash, grafician pls join NBQ00 on the failboat for a divested
    • there is a difference between the concept of zero and number 0.sted
    • The Sumerians had a symbol for zero, and used it. It wasn’t philosophy, it was utility. It was a numberGnash
    • They needed it for trade. That they were the first to articulate the concept of zero is huge, but they also gave it a symbolGnash
    • @sted /sgrafician
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