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>> The sexagesimal system never made much sense for people who had five fingers on each hand. But if the Sumerians were taught math by ET visitors who had six fingers on each hand...

60/5 = 12
360/60 = 6
60/12 = 5

They did have a logic to the system, but clearly the metric system turned out to be much more comprehensible.

Here’s more: https://youtu.be/R9m2jck1f90

There are tons of great information on the history of mathematics at your fingertips. I found this book extremely awesome, A History Of Pi by Petr Beckmann - https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=10jABQAAQBAJ.

[SunTzuWu]

Bookmark.

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I liked your link.