The 24 time zones, the 24 times those are highly fungible, right? I mean, the eastern time zone is not exactly where the line would be. You include the states that want to be part of that club. That's one of the parts of that, yeah. And hardly anybody lives in the mountain time zone. And why do we have it? Well, let me tell you something. Before we left Port, my ass would have been thrown off. It wouldn't be the kind of humor not accepted by at the court gesture. Off with his head. All right. So that's everything you ever knew. Want to know about the international day line. That is so cool
Is it possible to make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore transparency, how we measure time on Earth, and how airplanes have changed.
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