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lets have some fun: I love Ben! - 03/10/08 09:34 PM
Benjamin Franklin that is! Do you know how Daylight Savings Time Originated? In 1784 Benjamin Franklin is thought to have come up with the idea for daylight-saving time. In a whimsical letter to a French journal, he said that Parisians could save thousands of francs a years by waking up earlier during the summer because it would prevent them from having to buy so many candles to light the evening hours. Years later in 1905 the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett invented DSTduring one of his pre-breakfast horseback rides, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through
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lets have some fun: Circus Contraption and the Aerialistas perform Free tonight at Seattle Center - 12/30/07 04:13 PM
Circus Contraption's Klezmer-fueled "dark cabaret" never fails to make us smile, and the Aerialistas have a way with the rope and trapeze that goes way over our heads in the best possible way. The troupes perform at Seattle Center as part of the Winterfest revels, and the shows are free. Center House Theatre (Seattle Center) 305 Harrison St. Seattle, WA 98109 Maps & directions Sunday, December 30: 6:30 p.m.; performance So go have some fun!
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