LordBrandon
LordBrandon t1_irm1jgp wrote
Reply to TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ
When will Europeans switch to metric time? Base 10 is so much easier, but they insist on irrational numbers like 12 and 60. Its like how many seconds are in a month? Nobody knows. It's so embarrassing.
LordBrandon t1_irfddy4 wrote
Reply to comment by rapiertwit in TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss. by SilasMarner77
You get the pike of ST. George and do the bepiking ceremony.
LordBrandon t1_itxaycx wrote
Reply to comment by Adeldor in US Space Systems debriefs Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin executives on military space weapon applications and opportunities by upyoars
It's wrong to dismiss them like that. Within a few years their engines will be on multiple orbital class rockets, and they have operational experience with the little rocket.