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Back with the cavemen. Sadly when john the first caveman died he forgot maths, so before he died he could not pass his intelligence down to his children.

There is one thing i do know though.

2+2 does not equal 11.

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Most early measurements used by different countries or regions were unique to that region. The idea of international standard measures is a modern one. Most of these Ancient Measures were based on body parts (i.e a cubit is the length from the elbow to the end of the middle finger.)

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