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Last week the Japanese government enacted a new law that restricts the flying of drones over US military and Self-Defense Forces facilities and venues hosting 2020 AND ENDS Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic events. The WEIRD NEWS new law was passed to prevent potential acts Dateline: United States of terrorism. According to a recently published poll, over half of Americans believe Arabic numerals Dateline: Florida should not be taught in school—despite the A man accused of murdering his family is fact that Western mathematics has already asking that a millionaire bail him out of jail. been using Arabic numerals exclusively for Click Orlando reports that Seminole County over a thousand years. Last week the CEO of police arrested Grant Amato on three counts CivicScience Inc., John Dick, published a of first-degree premeditated murder in tweet that highlighted data from a poll connection with the deaths of his mother, conducted by his company that found more father and brother in their Chuluota, Fl., than half of all Americans felt Arabic home last January. According to reports, numerals should not be included as part of Amato is accused of killing his family after public schools’ curriculum. “Ladies and they forced him to cut ties with a woman gentlemen: The saddest and funniest he’d met on MyFreeCams—a website where testament to American bigotry we’ve ever customers pay to view sexual photos and live seen in our data,” Dick wrote in response to video. Amato allegedly stole $200,000 from the results, which have yet to be formally his father and brother to wire to the woman, published. The poll reportedly received a Bulgarian cam model. Amato reportedly responses from over 3,600 people earlier this asked a Seminole County judge to let him month. In response to the question of out of custody on bond while awaiting trial. whether Arabic numerals should be taught in The judge granted him a $750,000 bond in schools, 29 percent said they should, 56 April, but Amato has been unable to raise percent said they shouldn’t and 15 percent the required funds. Reporters from numerous had no opinion. Presumably, those who outlets claim that Amato has been offering answered negatively were unaware that exclusive interviews in exchange for money Arabic numerals—the numbers 1 through to post his bond. Earlier this month he 10—have been used exclusively in Western allegedly emailed a journalist, writing, “If math for generations. Before the adoption of you happen to know any millionaires who Arabic numerals around the 12th century, would like to post my bond, I’d be eternally Europeans used Roman numerals exclusively. grateful and I’d give exclusive rights to you Dick posted another tweet that highlighted for my story.” His offer has yet to be the political affiliations of those who took accepted.