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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 ld fall and clank on the metal holder.
Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed the nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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Before there were no clocks, there were candle clocks that burned a set amount of hours. If you wanted a reminder or alarm, you pushed a nail at the desired time length in the candle and when it melted to that point, the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder alerting you.
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis a guard at an Air Force base in Duluth, MN misidentified a Black Bear as a Soviet spy. The alarm he pushed was mis-wired and accidentally gave an order to launch nuclear interceptors, almost setting off a nuclear incident.
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Before there were clocks, there were candle clocks that burned a set amount of hours. If you wanted a reminder or alarm, you pushed a nail at the desired time length in the candle and when it melted to that point, the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder alerting you.
