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		mcintyre1994 on May 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AsK HN: Why can't the US change to the metric syst... When you put it like that, it's a bit weird. Is there an imperial fraction of a second that somehow never caught on?

evolve2k on May 12, 2013 [–]

This is because our system of time is based the earth circling the Sun and works best for things to slice up a circle, 360 degrees, base 6.

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