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Showing posts with label clocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clocks. Show all posts
March 27, 2008

IIII Instead Of IV On Clocks

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Stupid Question ™ March 29, 2001 By John Ruch © 2001 Q: Why do most clocks with Roman numerals use “IIII” to represent 4, even though we all...

Snooze Alarms Set To Odd Times

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Stupid Question ™ Oct. 15, 1998 By John Ruch © 1998 Q: Why are most digital alarm clock snooze times set to nine minutes instead of a round ...
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