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Water clocks and sand clocks

Measuring time by the sun or the stars is all very well, but people soon needed a better way. And this need led to the invention of the water clock. The first water clock was just a large clay or…

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About Animals

Moving without legs

Snakes have no legs at all, but they move quite well without them. A snake can go zig-zagging over the ground just about as fast as you can walk. Most snakes leave a wiggly trail when they crawl….

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