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The sexagesimal system was created by theMesopotamians, 4000 years ago. They were the first to divide the circle in 360 degrees.

The French with Napoleon, in the XIX century, introduced the decimal system. They tried to apply it to angles, making the right angle measure 100º instead of the regular 90º. But mathematicians said no to that idea.

If you understand a bit of trigonometry, you will know why...

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