Why not just use a 24 hour clock, like military time? I understand what am and pm mean, but why did we even start, why haven’t we switched so there’s never confusion?
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The day has two parts, the sun is either rising or falling.
Sun dials. When the sun reaches its apex, it essentially resets on the sun dial and starts a new shadow on the other side. Thus, 1 pm.
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