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37: Keep left at the quarry

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The History of the Clock

There's nothing special about the clock, but it is a clock. Why does it have to have an addition so like, because it clearly doesn't work if it needs an addition to it? Did they have that in Austria in 1712? I don't think they've had that much precision back then. Do they add bell tolls at the right hour regardless of what the clock is seeing? You're right, Jeremy. They added something. And before that, it was less precise. It's not less precise but much harder to read.

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