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How did they know the time
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herpderp123456789
· 10 years ago
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by looking at the sun shadow things
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metalman
· 10 years ago
Sun dials...
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bookhoarder
· 10 years ago
"sun shadow things"..
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guest
· 10 years ago
The thingies, ya know
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kingchris
· 10 years ago
Actually this is a good ass question. Like who came up with 24 hours. Why not 30 or like 10. Wtf is an hour
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g
· 10 years ago
How long it takes for the earth to spin around once
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hoopla
· 10 years ago
But why not intervals of ten
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metalman
· 10 years ago
The Egyptians created it to work their slaves longer. It also corralates with the orbit around the sun.
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willfree
· 10 years ago
I think it had something to do with Sumerian (?) base 60 (?) math.. But I can't be arsed googling it atm
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guest
· 10 years ago
it hurts my brain when i question myself why does an hour has 60 minutes why not 50
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· 10 years ago
Sundials
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kingchris
· 10 years ago
but bruh..... why 24????? why not like 65? or better yet ... 69? (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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guest
· 10 years ago
The sun
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