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🗓️ 11 March 2022
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0:00.0 | It happens every year like clockwork. |
0:06.0 | We're all feeling a little off today, and we know why. |
0:08.8 | Well, actually, it is clockwork. |
0:10.7 | The devil's clockwork, some might say. |
0:13.1 | It's daylight savings time. |
0:15.7 | Yeah, it's my least favorite holiday. |
0:18.7 | For one thing, the parade is horrible. |
0:21.8 | That's right. |
0:22.4 | I'm talking about daylight saving time. |
0:24.9 | And let me say right here at the start that it's |
0:27.7 | saving, not savings. |
0:30.0 | There's no S. |
0:31.1 | I know as if we needed more confusion around this event. |
0:34.2 | Anyway, one day, every spring, |
0:36.5 | across most of North America and Europe, |
0:38.9 | and some other scattered places around the world, |
0:41.7 | everyone switches their clocks ahead by one hour, |
0:44.8 | turning one Sunday a year into a 23 hour day. |
0:48.6 | And suddenly, overnight, it's still light out at 7 p.m. |
0:53.0 | Of course, it's not darker at 7 a.m. |
0:55.8 | But eventually, that morning darkness goes away, |
0:58.8 | and we're left with our days being lighter later. |
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