Eddie Stewart
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OMG. I've never though of this. Why DO clocks move the way they do? Laugh while getting smarter with neiltyson & chucknicecomic #StarTalk
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12:08 AM - Apr 04, 2024
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mvario
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In response to Eddie Stewart.
I knew that. But do you know why "noon" is called "noon"?
12:33 AM - Apr 04, 2024
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mvario
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In response to Eddie Stewart.
Short version, monasteries had hourly prayers (vespers, compline, lauds, etc.), which is why they invented the clock, but that's another story. Prayers for the 9th hour (from dawn, so 3 in the afternoon) were called Nonces (Latin 9). When the church re-ordered prayers Nonces were moved to midday
08:43 PM - Apr 05, 2024 (Edited)
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mvario
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In response to mvario.
But kept their names
"Nonces" evolved into "noon".
08:44 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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