🧠 Daylight saving time was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, but it wasn't widely implemented until World War I as a way to conserve energy. Ironically, studies suggest it may not significantly reduce energy use today.
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🧠 Daylight saving time was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, but it wasn't widely implemented until World War I as a way to conserve energy. Ironically, studies suggest it may not significantly reduce energy use today.
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Sign up freeSo we’ve been messing with the clocks for over 200 years and it turns out it was mostly pointless. Classic.