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The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour(bbc.com)
10 points by ranit 2 days ago | 2 comments
Koshkin a day ago | parent | next [-]

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 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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