11 Mind-Blowing Facts You Need to Know About Daylight Saving Time

Benjamin Franklin came up with the idea of Daylight Saving…

But it was a joke. In 1784, Franklin penned a satirical letter to the editor of the Journal of Paris outlining how many pounds of candle wax the city would save (64,050,000 pounds, according to his calculations) if only its clocks were better aligned with the rise and set of the sun. If residents had trouble adjusting, he suggested the city “let cannon be fired in every street, to wake the sluggards effectually.” Now that’s a wake-up call. These are the 7 weird things that happen to your body when it gets dark out earlier.

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