Who Decided There Are 24 Hours In A Day?

A long time ago, people decided to split their day into 24 hours, just like how you might divide a big cookie into smaller pieces so everyone gets a fair share.

Back then, people watched the sky and noticed that the sun moves across the sky in one full circle every day. They thought of this as one day, and they imagined the night as another part, like a day and night team working together.

But how to split it into parts? Well, the ancient Babylonians used a number system based on 60 (like we still do for minutes and seconds), and they thought of a full circle as having 360 parts. They noticed that 360 divided by 15 gives you 24, it was like slicing a cake into 24 equal slices, so each slice gets the same amount of light from the sun.

Once people started using clocks, which showed time in hours and minutes, they found that the 24-hour idea worked really well. Now we all use it, like how you might use a ruler to measure things every day. No one needs to change it now because everyone is used to counting by 24! A long time ago, people decided to split their day into 24 hours, just like how you might divide a big cookie into smaller pieces so everyone gets a fair share.