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I think that guy was eating the glue (lemmy.ml)

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Wait until you hear about traditional Japanese timekeeping, where the hours had different lengths throughout the year, depending on daylight: https://youtu.be/1BJmnEa6YGE

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The Greeks also had variable length hours, and early water clocks attempted to adjust automatically over the year.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

https://xkcd.com/2542/

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