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Something Rhymes with Purple

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Is There a Difference Between 60 and Hundreds?

The Egyptians broke the period from sunrise to sunset into twelve equal parts. So that gives us the forerunner of today's hours, if you like. I wonder why it's 60 as opposed to divided into a hundredths. Hundreds would make more sense, wouldn't it? I don't know. It might go back to the Babylonians who counted in 60s for their study of mathematics and astronomy.

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