In what year was the percent sign (%) invented and who was the probable first user?

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P cento. Perzackly. You find out the most interestingly useless stuff around here. This is a good example, and not at all annoying. * http://www.roma-unisa.edu.au/07305/symbols.htm#Percent [Mar 28 04 11:50 PM] robboy writes: My reference states that the AD 1425 author is unknown, and the % sign had a horizontal line instead of a diagonal one. Maybe that was added after a late night of doing the books and one too many glasses of vino? Mar 28 04, 11:24 PM

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