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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 29 Aug 2017

    The Babylonians may have been able to do trigonometry without angles, more than 3,700 years agohttp://nyti.ms/2wm0RRt 

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      1. Alex Schwanke‏ @Nighthawk1307 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        We all know the ancient aliens guy is going to turn this in to a big conspiracy about how Aliens gave the Babylonians Trigonometry.pic.twitter.com/ibcqyAxZcU

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      2. Addicted to Idlis‏ @Samyuktha1908 29 Aug 2017
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        I can understand the practical applications of trigonometry, but can someone tell me how has integral calculus helped humanity?

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      3. Periwinkle  🌸‏ @NithyaRajagopal 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Samyuktha1908 @nytimes

        To start with, those symbols made my maths workbook look more artistic #okrunningaway

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      1. Michael Adams‏ @adamsguild 29 Aug 2017
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        Thank goodness before. Any books inflicted religion on a threat of death and hell from the invisible maths will answer all your questions

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      2. Michael Adams‏ @adamsguild 29 Aug 2017
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        They figured out the future of life is maths not ancient religions

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      2. Greg Kallet‏ @GKallet24 29 Aug 2017
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        We all know there are no such things as 'math' or 'science'. Stop it.

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      1. Joseph Flaherty‏ @iowacubsfan44 29 Aug 2017
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        Obviously I knew this as I am teaching trig

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      1. Vladimir Putin‏ @4realVPutin 31 Aug 2017
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        Yet today only 1 in 1,000 can do it without a computer.

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      1. Shawn 👨‍🏫 🧙‍♂️‏ @Shawnmeintz 29 Aug 2017
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        @mistergabel

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      1. Cat‏ @Cat6779 29 Aug 2017
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        ancient aliens. Is it possible? Yes, it's possible.

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      1. Jess‏ @warr_87 29 Aug 2017
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        Good thing we figured this out before Isis destroys all of ancient history in the region.

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      1. phyllis g‏ @pgtre123 29 Aug 2017
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        without angles? thought trigonometry was the study of angles...been to long for me to remember..smart people the babylonians

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      1. JC Phillips  🌊 🌱 🌑‏ @TheOldBoi 29 Aug 2017
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        😳 Not ancestors of the Donald.

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      1. Suzanne Du Charme‏ @SuzanneDuCharme 29 Aug 2017
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        Let's not go off on any tangents.

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      1. LindseyHarris1‏ @LHMBA 30 Aug 2017
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        Not surprised! Africans had this knowledge before the Europeans invaded and screwed up progress...still no answers for the pyramids. Why?

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