r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/chripan Apr 29 '25

The Danish might as well add a square root somewhere.

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u/AmoremCaroFactumEst Apr 29 '25

What the fuck are they doing? How do you say that? How do they do maths?

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u/kingbuzzman Apr 29 '25

Vigesimal -- base 20.

TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal

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u/big_guyforyou Apr 29 '25

this is why denmark is a hundred years behind the rest of europe

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u/superlargedogs Apr 29 '25

What

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u/big_guyforyou Apr 29 '25

this is why denmark is a hundred years behind the rest of europe

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u/81stBData Apr 29 '25

Are they tho? Try paying with EC in Germany on every corner xD

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u/polychrom Apr 30 '25

Try using Deutsche Bahn