why is the day divided into 24 hours, and we tell that time in 2 increments of 12? have there been other time-telling systems and history, and if so why didn’t they catch on?
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12 was the natural incremental number particularly in ancient Egypt. Where as we mostly count in 10s, 1 for each finger across 2 hands, Egyptians counted in 12s, – 12 knuckles on 4 fingers counted by the thumb on 1 hand
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