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submitted 10 months ago by Persona3Reload@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] onion@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The irony of using letters to refer to that Greg

[–] Gladaed@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

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")