8.07.2012

Article: Why Are There 100 Cents In A Dollar? Ask Thomas Jefferson.

Thomas Jefferson loved the decimal system.Silly little article that peaked my curiosity. Check out why the United States has 100 cents to the dollar. Jefferson explained "The dollar had to be decimalized — divided based on powers of 10. "Every one knows the facility of Decimal Arithmetic," he wrote." C

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