My new topic for history is the French Revolution, sounds boring? It's actually really interesting and I am personally really excited to learn! Here are a few facts.
1. When the King and Queen were overthrown, the new leaders of France wanted everything to be different - including the calendar and the time. So they created a whole new calendar and a whole new way of telling time. They changed the days of the week from seven to ten. Each day was divided into ten hours. Each hour had 100 minutes and each minute had 100 seconds.
Confusing? You bet! If you go to France now, guess what? They tell time and have a calendar just like ours! So this revolutionary change did not last long.
2. The Parisians visited their hairdressers every day but only put on clean clothes once a month (Ewww!)
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