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ELI5:Why is time based on multiples of 60?

60 seconds is a minute, 60 minutes is an hour, why?
gpt
The Babylonians used a base 60 number system because of it's prime factorization, it allows 60 to be divisible by a whole bunch of numbers between 1 and 60 and thus it is a very flexible number. Today's society carried over a bunch of their numberings because they were so advanced at the systems for their time: it's also why circles are measured in 360 degrees, etc.