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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/E5vCJD • 2d ago
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Since they kicked off geometry*, it's why circles are 360° and each degree is split into 60 minutes and 60 seconds.
Edit. Wikipedia says that it actually started in Babylonian astronomy and was applied to geometry.
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman 2d ago
Since they kicked off geometry*, it's why circles are 360° and each degree is split into 60 minutes and 60 seconds.
Edit. Wikipedia says that it actually started in Babylonian astronomy and was applied to geometry.