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fishbulbx t1_j3lsn9x wrote

Reply to comment by ThymeIsTight in TIL Pluto hasn't completed an orbit around the sun since its discovery. Pluto's orbit takes about 248 years, and Pluto was discovered in 1930. by irbinator

You'd just invent or repurpose a cyclical event to use for celebrations. It isn't like weeks are based on any real natural event. Humans just needed a recurring time segment of about 7 days.

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I__Know__Stuff t1_j3m7j8m wrote

I'm pretty sure that weeks are derived from the phases of the moon.

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fishbulbx t1_j3m8vzg wrote

Ok fine, then hours.

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BLEUXJEE t1_j3n4thm wrote

Day and night divided into 12 as same relation between months and years.

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