 56% of Americans think we shouldn't teach Arabic numerals in schools. For the record, these are Arabic numerals. Imagine trying to split a check that looks like this, or even just writing out the date. Yeah, Roman numerals have literally always sucked. So you can thank this guy, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Kurismi, who is actually Persian, not Arab. Next time you write down literally any number. Hmm, I wonder why exactly.