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Genetic passport with a 68% discount on the promo code EGOR2 https://clck.ru/3FHG3C Why is there one time zone throughout China? Why do countries need a time that differs by 30 and 45 minutes? How did Venezuela and North Korea come up with new time zones and then abandon them? We don’t think about time zones, summer and winter time at all. In our lives, it’s routine. But once it was the vanguard of science, one of the main achievements of its time. A single time and time zones connected the whole world. Without them, there simply would be no life as we know it. But this didn’t happen by chance. This was done by specific people. This is the result of a long journey. And a great political struggle. Because time has always been a political tool and weapon. This video is a unique story about how all the people on earth were able to agree. How time zones later mixed with country borders and politics. And why we celebrate the New Year in turns. 0:00 – Why do we celebrate New Year in turns? 1:45 – 10 hours in a day? 2:57 – How did they count time before? 3:58 – Time and empires 5:11 – Useful advertising 6:35 – How trains changed time 8:26 – Father of time 10:23 – Who invented time zones? 13:19 – Time and politics 15:56 – The strangest line on Earth 17:00 – The country that skipped a day 17:57 – How a biologist invented daylight saving time Correction: 3:12 Only in reverse: when it is 12:10 am in London, it is exactly 12 am in Bristol Telegram: https://t.me/egor_shows Instagram*: / egor.shows For contact: [email protected] *Instagram is a project of Meta Platforms Inc., whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation and recognized as extremist