Clock stopped by tsunami resumes ticking 10 years later

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A 100-year-old clock in Japan hanging in a Buddhist temple stopped working after the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck the northeast of the country in 2011. Ten years later, the antique clock miraculously started working again following an aftershock of the original quake.

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