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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Romans: having 10 months in a year 2000 years before the metric system.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

they're so metric even their calendar is metric

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The French had 10 months for a while...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Committee of Public Safety got to the two others. Rip