Tag: Light
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How to Escape the Darkness
Where’s the darkest place you’ve ever been? The darkest place I’ve ever been was inside a cave. I was touring a cave, and when we were deep underground, the tour guide had everyone turn off their flashlights. Then he turned off the lights, and we were plunged into total darkness. If you’ve ever been in…
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Daylight-saving Time
In 1784 Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to the Journal de Paris in which he sarcastically accused Parisians of staying up all night and sleeping until noon. Franklin proposed they go to bed early and wake up at dawn to save money on the cost of candles and oil for lamps which they had to…