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All those approximations have error and the behaviour you describe depends on where you are on Earth. Moreover, degrees are not natural from a mathematical perspective.

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Out of curiosity, given a degree/calendar/time system could one localize the culture that created it?

You can tell that 'gradians' (and 'decimal time') were created by the base-ten-obsessed French revolutionaries who brought us the metric system.

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