Random Time Facts

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    There are 86,400 seconds in a day.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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    A twin was born 34 minutes after her brother, but because daylight savings kicked in, was actually born 26 minutes before!
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    You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.
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    The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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