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Clocks. Sundials.

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Q: How did people tell the time before phones and watches?
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How do people in Africa tell the time?

With watches and clocks.


How do olden people tell the time without watches and clocks?

they used the sun


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People who can't tell the time of day from the possition of the sun in the sky, and don't like being late.Answer:Recent studies have shown that younger (under 30's people aren't buying watches as they already have several time sources at hands (cellphones etc.).That leaves watches as the purview of:older folks (for time information)people who see watches as a fashion statement (bling)people who see watches (the expensive types) as a power statementpeople working in environments (wet, acid, dusyty) that would destroy "soft" electronic devices


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How was the trumpet used in acient times?

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