It seems like an odd number especially fir the metric system.
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Actually has it’s roots in ancient times
The Babylonian usage of 60 as their number base, they decided that each of the angles of an equilateral triangle would be 60 degrees.. 6×60= 360
60 was just a neat number to work with be it for commerce and trade even in the Mesopotamian days.
The Egyptians also rolled with it for the same reasons and kept going due to their obsession of perfect triangles and 6 of those equal ones fit into a circle.
Since most of our golden age of early science came from this rough middle east direction from istanbul to egypt.. and a lot of influence on occasion coming over from asia.. that’s where we are now.
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