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It's Okay to Be Smart
Fixing Daylight Saving Time Is THIS Easy
Season 8
Episode 5
Daylight saving time is a perfect example of how a few people with the best of intentions can end up annoying millions of the rest of us for the better part of a century. And it’s time we take an honest look at how we got to this place where half the world comes unstuck in time twice a year, and ask if the supposed advantages for springing forward and falling back still hold up!
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