How Did ‘Time Zones’ Come to Be?

Imagine the world used to be like a big, messy puzzle, each city had its own time. But then, people realized this made things confusing, especially for trains and letters. So, they divided the world into time zones, like slices of pizza, so everyone could agree on what time it was. It’s like having a group project where you all use the same clock!

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When it's noon in New York, it might be midnight in Tokyo.
Imagine going to bed at 10 PM in London but waking up at 7 AM in Sydney, that’s a big difference in time!
If you send a letter from Paris and it arrives in Moscow the next day, that would be confusing without time zones.

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