The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour

10 points
1/21/1970
2 days ago
by ranit

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Koshkin

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).

a day ago

hannyu

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

2 days ago