| ▲ | 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. | ||