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Trivium the first:

The pips have been broadcast since February 5, 1924, and were the idea of the Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Watson Dyson and head of the BBC John Reith. The pips were originally controlled by two mechanical clocks located in the Royal Greenwich Observatory that had electrical contacts attached to the pendulums. Two clocks were used in case of a breakdown. These sent a signal each second to the BBC, who converted them to the audible oscillatory signal that is broadcast.

How cool is that? Electrical time signals generated from a mechanical pendulum!

Trivium the second:

*boggle*

(It's outside Seven Sisters Tube station, if you were wondering.)