Time is of the essence today: The second Sunday of March marks the start of daylight saving time. At 2 AM the clocks sprang forward one hour, meaning there will be an extra hour of daylight this evening. While Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing daylight saving, the first real proposal for changing the clocks came in 1895 from New Zealand entomologist George Hudson, who valued having more daylight so he could collect insects after work.
Daylight saving time
Today in History
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Celebrating all things Austen
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Surströmming Day
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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The Badlands celebrates a milestone
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Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
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An Alpine fairy-tale castle
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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Siblings Day
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Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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International Geodiversity Day
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Queen Elizabeth s Platinum Jubilee
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Headed to the High Country
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Meandering through Patagonia
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Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
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Corfe gets creepy
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Notes from an underground lake
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Mardi Gras
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Nature Photography Day
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Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
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World Chocolate Day
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Darwin s Arch
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Happy Easter!
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Where do those colors come from?
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Yabba-Dabba-Doo!