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People are just learning what the 'O' in 'o'clock' means and its historical significance
The English language is chock-full of quirky words with fascinating origins that we often take for granted. Take the ...
Student clock prank solved nearly 100 years later
A large clock hand stolen in a student prank has been returned to a university after almost a century. Geoffrey Hunter Baker ...
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The 12 and 24 hour clock
A clock with hands (an analogue clock) shows us the numbers 1-12. There are 24 hours in one day, so we measure time by splitting the day into two halves. The first 12 hours of the day, from ...
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O’clock
O'clock is a way of telling the exact hour on a clock. We say "o'clock" when the minute hand (the long hand) points to the number 12 on the clock. When the minute hand points straight up to 12 ...