TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" en.wikipedia.org Submitted by NightKnight_CZ t3_xz36mo on October 8, 2022 at 8:46 PM in todayilearned 54 comments 431
Johannes_P t1_irkqe23 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:24 AM It was part of an experiment called the Revolutionary Calendar, with months named from their season and days from agricultural products such as cotton and wheat. Permalink 12
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