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So much politics going on in this map.

The eternal UK ๐Ÿค Portugal alliance and the awkward space it creates between them.

Spain and Poland are in the same timezones.

The weird corridor created by Belarus.

Ukraine is in a separate tz from Russia, I wonder when that was established

What the hell is going on with the light blue in the east?

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[โ€“] joel_feila 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well time were first laid down because of trains. Every would have there clocks set to 12:00 the sun at or close to its highest point. And that was when a horse was the fastest you could ever travel. Then trains move fast and can just go around each other if they are on the same track. So we had to make times more offical so we wouldn't dispatch trains on collision courses.

[โ€“] AntifaNI 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes trains and to a lesser extent telegraphs gave us time zones.

But now we have mass air travel and the internet.

[โ€“] joel_feila 1 points 1 year ago

So metric time for all. I would be down for that.