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
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
Come on Twitter, focus! This is about math.
https://twitter.com/valrus/status/907475440343773184
‰ is called the permille while ‱ is the PERMYRIAD
— Émile Jerkheim™ (@fvguima) September 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/derwinmcgeary/status/907284467672371201
And our Twitter hero appreciated it all…
i'd like to subscribe to more mathematical symbol facts
— abdul 🌌📷 (@Advil) September 12, 2017
I think Nicole sums up what we’re all thinking…
I know, right?! I can't believe what I'm learning on this thread.
— Nicole Cunningham (@lucyswanninri) September 12, 2017
Indeed…
— Jen the Muse ✂️🧚♀️🧵☕🍻 (@cosplaydarkarts) September 12, 2017
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