<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Much Ado about&nbsp;Nothing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The Arab/Muslim world used to be quite different. Anciently, they built great cities and invented a lot of things. After all, no less than Thomas Jefferson studied their ancients. Clearly it is <a href="https://buttle.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/footfall/" TARGET="_blank">no longer capable of technological progress</a>. But let&#8217;s give credit where credit is due. Everybody knows the Arabs gave us the zero. Right?</p>
<p>Wrong. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_%28number%29#Etymology" TARGET="_blank">It came from India</a>.</p>
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