a re-run from 2008
If you live near the equator, day and night are nearly the same length. But closer you live to the North or South Pole, the longer the period of daylight in the summer. That has gone on for eons. But it took the genius of Ben Franklin to propose the concept of extending the day in 1784. The original essay on the topic he is credited with (it was anonymous) is here.
But modern day Daylight Savings is credited to an Englishman, William Willettwho described the concept in a pamphlet titled "The Waste of Daylight"
Of course, both are probably turning in their graves as they see the chaos their "invention" causes around the word today.
Rise and shine!
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