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Posted On: October 31st 2026, 10:01 pm
Who really invented daylight saving time? ⏰
Every fall, most of America turns its clocks back an hour, and many people think Ben Franklin invented daylight saving time. But Franklin only joked in a Paris newspaper that people should rise with the sun to save candles, and the first real plan to change the clocks came from George Vernon Hudson in New Zealand, who wanted more daylight after work to catch bugs.
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Every fall, most of America turns its clocks back an hour, and many people think Ben Franklin invented daylight saving time. But Franklin only joked in a Paris newspaper that people should rise with the sun to save candles, and the first real plan to change the clocks came from George Vernon Hudson in New Zealand, who wanted more daylight after work to catch bugs.
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#DaylightSavingTime #NewZealand #History #DidYouKnow #FunFacts
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