1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Zenneth (zennx) http://rainbowdash.net/zennx http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4125630 @<span class="vcard"><a href="https://gnutan.xyz/why" class="url" title="why"><span class="fn nickname mention">why</span></a></span> You're thinking of Babylonian numerals, also most numerical systems were, as we now call it, &quot;impure base 10&quot; meaning that they used a symbol for ten and none for zero<br />furthermore while it is normal for humans to use base-10 most languages show signs of their people using other bases, per example the Gauls (now French) used a base 20 numeral, which is why their word for 80 is &quot;Quatre-vingt&quot; literally &quot;four twenties&quot;<br />a native American tribe original to California used a base 8, because funnily enought they didn't use their fingers to count, they used the space BETWEEN their fingers<br />more on the subject here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_notation#Other_bases_in_human_language" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_notation#Other_bases_in_human_language" rel="nofollow external">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_notation#Other_bases_in_human_language</a>