stackyFACTSForget sleek gears and microchips; early timekeeping was just controlled gravity. The very first mechanical clocks relied on massive stone or metal weights slowly dropping toward the floor, meaning tracking the hours essentially functioned like a very slow, highly impractical guillotine.
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