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Ten is quite an unremarkable number, except for one thing: we use it a lot. Every time you buy a liter of milk or a kilogram of flour, or walk a kilometer, or worry about the percentage interest on your mortgage, what you do is based on the number ten. For this ubiquitous manifestation of ten we can praise or blame the French Revolution of 1789.

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10 (‘Ten’) and Other Numbers Famous for Being Famous

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    2025年

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  • Chris Brink

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Ten is quite an unremarkable number, except for one thing: we use it a lot. Every time you buy a liter of milk or a kilogram of flour, or walk a kilometer, or worry about the percentage interest on your mortgage, what you do is based on the number ten. For this ubiquitous manifestation of ten we can praise or blame the French Revolution of 1789.