10 amazing facts that we did not know about the time

TIC Tac! Now is the time of amazing facts, and today a collection site is dedicated to time, hours, minutes, days, calendars and timepieces.



throughout China operates one time, regardless of time zones. For us, the future is ahead, and the past - behind. The language of the Aymara people of the opposite: the word "past" is set to "front". Until 1958 in Novosibirsk on different banks of the Ob had different time zones. On the North and South poles of the meridians converge at a point, and they can not be attributed to any time zone. It is considered that there is valid Universal Time (UTC). Before XlX century, there was no division into time zones, all measured time by the sun. Seasons in the US and many European countries are not replaced by the usual calendar, and on astronomical. For example, summer begins on 21 June. Prior to 1873 in Japan, the day was divided into two parts: from sunrise to sunset and from sunset to sunrise. End of June 2015 was extended for a second. After come 23:59:59 23:59:60 00:00:00 instead of the usual. The shortest war in history lasted for 38 minutes: between England and the Sultanate of Zanzibar August 27, 1896. England's victory. On the dial with Roman numerals fourth hour is almost always referred to as IIII, and almost never used IV.

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