Showerthoughts • 1 year ago

Why do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.

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Why do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.

Showerthoughts • 1 year ago

Thought of this in the shower this morning, if anyone has an answer I’d be very interested!

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Thanks for your reply! Very interesting!

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