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Originally Posted by duke knooby
why's a circle split into 360 degrees???
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It's all down to the ancient Babylonians, who decided there should be 360 degrees in a circle. I think it's linked to some of the ratios and measures of the sides and radius of a hexagon, and also linked to the base 60 numbering system, but can't be arsed to go and find out.
