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Nov 2017
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SYSK Selects: How Daylight Saving Time W...

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In this week's SYSK Select episode, Benjamin Franklin first came up with daylight saving time in 1748, and people still practice it today. But how does it work? What are the pros and cons? Join Josh and Chuck as they turn back the clock to explore the ori 
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