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Fun Facts About Alarm Clocks
- You have Levi Hutchins of New Hampshire of all places to thank for inventing the first alarm clock back in 1787.
- Because farmers were the big customers it would only ring at 4AM. Programming would take a little longer. Sort of like texting and Alexander Graham Bell.
- Unfortunately for Levi, his wife murdered him one cold New England morning. The time — 4:05 AM according to reports. You can’t make this stuff up.
- As a kid you might have made a potato battery for a science fair. But lemons can also power alarm clocks. So don’t worry if you run out of batteries. Just keep plenty of fruits and veggies on hand.
- The Christian Alarm Clock will make sure you are up in time for church each Sunday. No word on any setting for other religions.
- How about a Christmas gift for the man who has everything. A stripper pole alarm clock. Complete with exotic music, flashing lights and a girl spinning on a pole. The perfect item to get you up in the morning. I mean awake.
- Psychologists swear by alarm clocks that gradually makes the room lighter like the sun coming up to wake you more naturally as nature intended.
- The French word “Cloche” is the root word for clock and means bell.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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