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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin