In just 6 1/2 minutes, CGP Gray offers a humorous and info-packed account of Daylight Savings. He tackles the historical rationale, the role of the equator, the contemporary debate, and the wildly wacky situations it causes today (far more wacky than you probably imagine). Enjoy:
Also from CGP Gray:
- What the Bleep is the United Kingdom?!
- The Economics of Royalty
- The Social Construction of the Continents
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
