Why do we use 60 as a base for minutes and seconds, why not 10, 100 or 1000 like with other measurements? - Quora
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TIL ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 and not base 10, giving us 60 seconds in a minute, 360 degrees in a circle, etc. : r/todayilearned
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Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? - Scientific American
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