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Monday, February 7, 2011
360 Degrees
There is 360 degrees in a circle because the sumerians invented it for writing back in 3000 BC. But back in 2400 they made a calender that divided 12 months into 30 days each. The sumerians saw the sun,moon and other planets moving around in that degree. That is where the origin of 360 came from!
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