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When the clocks go back, this landmark will still be wrong

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70% Informative

The Balmoral Hotel clock tower was built in Edinburgh 122 years ago .

It has deliberately been set three minutes fast since it was built by railway officials.

At 02:00 the clock will be stopped for an hour , and set running again three minutes ahead of time.

The only day the clock tells the true time is during Edinburgh 's Hogmanay celebrations.

VR Score

69

Informative language

67

Neutral language

29

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

medium-lived

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1

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