
Bill Nye—The Rhythm
Strange Customs with Sasha Sagan
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The Sundial on a Column
The idea of the gods damning the man who discovered the hours rather than invented the hours is somehow so telling that it's so powerful. i got really interested from when i started thinking about that sundial on a column it feels like a clock tower and we're surrounded by clock towers today most of the 19th century. The idea of having a clock up high mounted there by the the rulers and overlook and the people keeping them in order so we've got big bear in londonYeah well known around the world you know it's kind of a symbol of the british people it's put there by a ruler and it's looking down on the people of london and we obey it right
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