Readit Newsjacquesclouseau commented on The metre originated in the French Revolution abc.net.au/news/science/2... · Posted by u/Tomte
Another fun fact dating from French revolution is the 10 hour-day, each hour had 100 minutes and each minutes 100 seconds : https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/france-had-a-cal...
inb4 we still have the 8 hour workday
i swear tourists better not ruin this