Ben Franklin saw the huge waste of candles in thr Paris, France nightlife when he was Ambassador and thought it would save money.
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To be fair I use at least 20% less candle wax after dst
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Another thing. DST does not save either time or daylight. It's a big lie and a trick. Quit messing with the clocks.
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Enough w/the heretical talk: if Shapash were 2 read ur tweet, she may decide 2 withhold her life-bestowing sun rays!
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Wow! My IQ just advanced by 1 hour!
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I thought it's for adequate sunlight exposure to get adequate Vit D for bone mineralization? Source: I'm a doctor & my professor.
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... Do some reading doc. They had no idea about either of those things when DST was adopted.
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Maybe that's not the initial intention. But Russia cancelled it for a few years, reimplemented it for this reason.
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That's a pretty far out argument to defend your original blunder. Obviously the post was talking about why America has DST... What's up doc?
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who hands the twitter handle? Dude genuinely asked a question dont be so rude bcos you know the answer
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Keep DST all year long. More opportunity to enjoy daylight in the evenings.
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And more opportunities to get in wrecks in the pre-dawn commute! (Srsly, look up when sunrise would be)
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Never thought of that. Is that statistically a thing?
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it was so farmers would have more time to tend thier crops
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completely debunked bullshit. Boston Chamber of Commerce started that rumor to blame farmers.
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I am atheist. Can we please get rid of
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Queensland, a large state in Australia doesn't support daylight savings... Was weird at first after moving here, now I prefer it.
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Ben Franklin .... I love that guy!!!
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