Why is an hour 60 minutes and not 100?

Why is an hour 60 minutes and not 100?

We count almost everything else in tens. Money, metres, kilos.

But time still runs on a system that goes back thousands of years, to the Babylonians, who counted in 60s.

And 60 is actually a very handy number. You can split it by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30 and never get a messy fraction.

Try that with 100.

France did try decimal time after the revolution. 10 hours in a day, 100 minutes in an hour. It lasted less than two years.

So maybe the old way is not old. Maybe it was just smarter than we think 🤔