From the Vault: The Seven Day Week, Part 3
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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365 One Day Weeks
Capitalism and communism both tried to kill the seven day week. Both failed, but it's interesting that at various points, both capitalism and communism tried to kill them. One proposed fix is changing the calendar to have fixed weeks within the year. The number of days in a year does not cleanly divide into seven. It just goes on like that.
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