Summary: <p>Robert Recorde invented the equals sign (=) because he got HECKIN' TIRED of having to write "is equal to" over and over again when he was creating mathematical texts for non-Latin reading folk in the 16th century England.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/letmegooglethat/support</a>
