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I think that guy was eating the glue (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It came from the Sumerians, not the Greeks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The Greeks specifically build water clocks with variable length days.