In 1793, revolutionary France split the day into 10 hours. Every hour had 100 minutes, and every minute had 100 seconds. Noon was 5 o’clock, and clockmakers built 10-hour clocks. The twist: in 1795, the same law that ended mandatory decimal time created the metric system. 🕰️
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