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12 is also a pleasing number in how many ways it can be evenly divided into equal groups.
Not suuper useful for time though, honestly
Would be nicer if we had an overall base-12 number system
If we had a base 10 hour system, how would you split it into three shifts?
6 hours 40 minutes?
7 hours with a 20 minute lunch?
I dunno, we'd make it work lol
You just divide 10 by 3. That's elementary school math.