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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Per cent is per hundered (1/100). The sign is %.

Per mille is per thousand (1/1000). The sign is ‰.

It's basically used to say 0.1% as 1‰ without using decimals because fuck them.

On another note, the symbols used are ingenious. The diagonal line represents "1", and the number of o's is the same as in the number (two for hundered and three for thousand)

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