Someone in ancient Egypt decided to divide daytime into 10 units, and then add one unit of twilight at each end. That’s 12 units during daylight, 12 units at night, 24.
60 minutes and 60 seconds?
60 minutes and 60 seconds?
The people of ancient Babylon had a thing for multiples of 60. That’s also why we divide a circle into 360, by the way.
Time zones?
Time zones?
Totally made up. In 2010, Russia went from 11 time zones to 9. China has one time zone, when countries around its borders have five. Nepal is +15. Minutes. Lol. And summer time? Some places do it, some places don’t. Why not?
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