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  1. Saving Oil? on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 1

    Daylight savings originated in Germany during World War One as a way to save oil used to burn lamps at night. This quickly spread to the US and the UK. It was removed after WW1 ended but reinstated in 1942 for WW2. Is this extra 2 months of daylight savings a desperate attempt to save oil for the "War on Terror"?

  2. Simpsons on Study Shows One Third of All Studies Are Nonsense · · Score: 1

    Statistics can be made up to prove anything, forfty percent of all people know that(sic) - Homer Simpson