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The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
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ranit
3mo ago
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Koshkin
3mo ago
60 is the smallest of the five numbers below 100 (the other being 72, 84, 90, 96) that have most divisors (12, to be exact).
hannyu
3mo ago
Interesting — I always just accepted that it’s 60 and never questioned it.
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