![TIL ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 and not base 10, giving us 60 seconds in a minute, 360 degrees in a circle, etc. : r/todayilearned TIL ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 and not base 10, giving us 60 seconds in a minute, 360 degrees in a circle, etc. : r/todayilearned](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Babylonian_numerals.svg/800px-Babylonian_numerals.svg.png)
TIL ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 and not base 10, giving us 60 seconds in a minute, 360 degrees in a circle, etc. : r/todayilearned
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World of Engineering on Twitter: "Ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 instead of base 10. From this we derive the modern-day usage of 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in
Why are there 60 seconds in a minute, why not 70 seconds, who decided that 60 would be the ideal number to use? - Quora
![Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? - Scientific American Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? - Scientific American](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/F6F98B92-3879-471E-B2809AB96231028E.jpg)