Man Discovers What The Division Symbol Actually Is, And It Turns Out The Internet Didn’t Know, Either

Who said Twitter isn’t educational?

A man discovered what the division symbol actually means and posted it to Twitter:

i just found out that the division symbol (÷) is just a blank fraction with dots replacing the numerator and denominator. oh my god.

— abdul 🌌📷 (@Advil) September 11, 2017

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And people were shook.

Holy shit

— misha is: a box full of owls (@howlieT) September 11, 2017

are you freaking kidding me, this just changed my life

— ✨Omar Najam✨ 🖤🤍💜 (@OmarNajam) September 12, 2017

this dude out here shattering paradigms and blowing minds

— Khaled (@khaled74) September 12, 2017

Well, not everyone…

Where have you been?

— F (@solklore) September 11, 2017

I'm pretty sure teachers don't know this or we'd all learn it as a child instead of figuring it out late in life. I was about 30 when I did.

— Paul Potiki (@GuanoLad) September 11, 2017

I teach my 5th graders this every year.

— KellyLynnCharles (@KLsoxfan1970) September 12, 2017

Some users took the opportunity to reveal other things they just learned…

Can't handle this. I'm still dealing with the reality that Natalie Imbruglia's rendition of "Torn" is a cover.

— Lawrence Nichols (@LRNichols) September 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/SeaFaery87/status/907470155583823873

also the arrow in amazon goes from A to Z… meaning the sell everything from A to Z!!! pic.twitter.com/QDMXUYNig9

— ben (@ben_riddoxh) September 12, 2017