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This comes to us from the 1700's and was Ben Franklin's idea. When the country was 90% farms the farmers needed as much daylight in the summer months to work, but as winter came they needed less so an hour was dropped.

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That way, there's a bit more sunlight during the day.

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Because we FELT LIKE IT. :P

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