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The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour (bbc.com)
Koshkin 3 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 3 days ago [-]
Interesting — I always just accepted that it’s 60 and never questioned it.
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