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'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here is a video by Historia Civilis about the history of the work day for those who find this interesting. It brings up how stuff like this (kind of) came to be. It's about 33 minutes long and pretty good to have on in the background

[โ€“] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Interesting video, thanks for sharing!