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Fascinating
aka Bel - A87832164 Started conversation Jun 25, 2009
I thought at first they were names. 
Fascinating
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jun 28, 2009
Enjoyed this very much.
Still looking for info on counting systems based on five...maybe because of one hand?
I remember reading that counting was believed to have come from shepherds. That before they could count, they'd simply take a stone out of a bag for each sheep that left the fold, and then put them in again at night, or the other way around.
Amazing the perdurance of a system like that.
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