How Medieval Europe Finally Ditched Roman Numerals The Hindu-Arabic number system we use in everyday life was truly revolutionary. Why did it take so long for the West to embrace it ... but everyday ...

Dick's tweet about the Arabic numerals question was retweeted more than 20,000 times. As of this writing, his tweet about Georges Lemaitre has been shared less than 10 times.

The use of Roman numerals to designate Super Bowls began with game V in 1971, won by the Baltimore Colts over the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 on Jim O'Brien's 32-yard field goal with five seconds remaining.

Roman numerals get nine by putting I, which equals 1, before X, which equals 10, to essentially indicated 10-1=9. For comparison, when I appears after X, as in XI, that indicates 10 + 1, which ...

While thoughts of the Roman empire were famously rampant in 2023, there’s likely some of you who haven’t kept up on your history of ancient numericals. For that group, keep reading for a quick ...