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The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour

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The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour

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Post by ranit » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC

The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
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Post by hannyu » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

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

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Post by Koshkin » Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC

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).

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