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Nov. 13, 2025
Why Clocks Run Clockwise
Unusual Origins – The Strange Beginnings
Why Clocks Run Clockwise
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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