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0 pointscolejohnson669y ago0 comments

Fun fact: the reason we use 60 seconds and 60 minutes is because of the Babylonians who used base-60. IIRC, it's also why we use 360° for a circle.

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fnj9y ago

It might also have something to do with the fact that 60 is evenly divisible by 30, 20, 15, 12, 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2.

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