Gr8fulFox t1_irm5crv wrote
Reply to comment by FarmD33 in TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ
> Our 24 hour, 60 minute, 60 second system is weird and unintuitive
It isn't; it's based on base-12 counting, which is far easier for people to work with when the advanced tech of the day is an abacus.
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