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Mini-Stories : Volume 14

99% Invisible

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Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time?

Park ranger tom daniels works at the independence national park in philadelphia. He is their resident benjamin franklin nutt. I explained the whole thing, you know, william willett, the angry emales,. And i finally asked him the question, did ben Benjamin franklin invent daylight saving time? So what's fascinating about that is, i think it's is one of the stories where Ben becomes so famous that he starts getting things attributed to him that are not necessarily attributable to him.

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