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Behind the Scenes Minis: Calendars and Kitchen Gadgets

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The French Republican Calendar Isn't Working for Anyone

I feel like that's what the French Republican calendar was trying to. Although Napoleon was like, get rid of this calendar. This isn't working for anybody. It really did strike me how funny it would be to identify your birthday by like a flower. Mm hmm. I'm born on Daisy. Oh, okay. What a nice day for you to be born. Well, and the thing that I really find interesting in this may just be me applying what I would do in that situation is that if you have a scenario like that, right? In this calendar that's intended to secularize everyone. Mmhmm.

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