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Clocks: A Brief History of Telling Time

Forever Ago

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To Day's Chronological Conundrum

In the early 19 hundreds, alarm clocks were commonplace. Knocker ruppers would rap on your bedroom window to wake you up in the morning. Eventually, alarm clocks replaced knocker Ruppers and gave us the ability to hit no. I went with cuckoo clocks first, then daylight saving time and then stop watches. Oh, caryjoy, here's the top secret envelope with to day's answers.

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