• nexguy@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Wife, for years, thought the “second hand” on a clock was called that because it was the “2nd” hand on the clock…which confused her. Took her over 30 years to realize it’s the “seconds” hand because it counts seconds.

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      3 months ago

      I guess she is not entirely off, either. It’s called that because it is the second division of an hour.