Daylight Savings Time

President Woodrow Wilson was an academic, with a science advisor named Robert A. Millikan. One night at a Washington DC party, Millikan was bragging about how much sway he held over the presidency, in that he could suggest the most preposterous idea and Wilson would run with it. His fellow elite, as a gentlemen's bet, decided he should suggest daylight savings time, which he successfully did, and we have been stuck with it ever since.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

"AI Overview
Approximately 70 countries currently use Daylight Saving Time (DST), though this number can fluctuate as countries change their policies. Most of these countries are in Europe and North America, with a few exceptions like Egypt in Africa and some countries in South America and Oceania."

IronHamster · 56-60, M

@Diotrephes When I lived in Indiana, the state was so forward thinking that they didn't follow the daylight savings plan. Half the year on east coast time and half the year on central time.