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A video of a novel, ancient multiplication method has resurfaced on Twitter. Though the account calls the method “Vedic multiplying,” its real origins aren’t clear—sometimes it’s Japanese, sometimes it’s Chinese, sometimes it’s called line or stick multiplication.

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