• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Because Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII decided on this when they made the calendar we use today. And nobody dared to say no to them.

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        A number doesnt become a mere word, just because you representatives it in another way. A American style 1 also isnt A letter (written as “I”)