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The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour

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13 points by ranit 15 days ago · 2 comments

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Koshkin 15 days 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 15 days ago

Interesting — I always just accepted that it’s 60 and never questioned it.

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