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EPISODE · Nov 13, 2025 · 5 MIN

Why Clocks Run Clockwise

from Unusual Origins – The Strange Beginnings · host Kimberly Hollins

Episode 3 reveals that clocks run clockwise because early timekeeping was modeled after sundials in the Northern Hemisphere, where the suns shadow moved from left to right across the dial. When mecha

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Episode 3 reveals that clocks run clockwise because early timekeeping was modeled after sundials in the Northern Hemisphere, where the suns shadow moved from left to right across the dial. When mecha

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