Why are there 24 hours in a day?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

Atomic Entertainment Group LLC

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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What do the numbers on a Clock mean? Who decided how to divide up Time? Why are hours & minutes measured by 60? Have you started your FREE TRIAL of Who Smarted?+ for AD FREE listening, an EXTRA episode every week & bonus content? Sign up right in the Apple app, or directly at WhoSmarted.com and find out why more than 1,000 families are LOVING their subscription! Get official Who Smarted? Merch: tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more, at Who Smarted?

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0:00.0	Hey, gang, what time is it?
0:03.4	Time for Who's Marded?
0:05.8	Nice, but what time is it?
0:08.8	Time for another whiff of science.
0:11.4	That's very clever.
0:12.8	But seriously, can you tell me the time?
0:15.3	Just look at a clock and read out the numbers you see.
0:18.8	Hmm, I'm hearing a bunch of different answers, including snack time and crazy dancing time.
0:24.6	But I'm also hearing a lot of different numbers.
0:28.6	That's because not everybody's clock or watch is set to the exact same time.
0:33.6	Some might be a little ahead or a little behind.
0:36.6	Or, depending on where you are in the world, it could be a totally different time.
0:41.7	Come to think of it, what do the numbers on a clock really mean?
0:46.1	Who came up with the idea of dividing a day into 24 hours?
0:50.1	Or an hour into 60 minutes?
0:52.1	Or a minute into 60 seconds.
0:55.1	And what does AM and PM even mean?
0:58.7	I guess you were right before.
1:00.2	Who me?
1:01.1	It is time for another big whiff of science on...
1:04.0	Who smarted?
1:07.6	Who's smarted?
	...

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