| PGA of America/Getty Images. But your body is also dramatically affected as well. However, this does not mean every country observes Daylight Saving Time. | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Now that the European Union is dropping the requirement, even more countries might keep their clocks the same year-round (Iceland used to be the only one who did not observe Daylight Saving Time). | Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

You might have heard that Benjamin Franklin invented daylight saving time, but that’s not the case. However, the idea did not catch on globally until Germany introduced DST in 1916.Clocks in the German Empire, and its ally Austria, were turned ahead by one hour on April 30, 1916—2 years into World War I. That assumption led to a whole lot of other countries picking up the idea without properly studying the effects. However, the extra hour of sunlight requires the air conditioning to be on later in the day and that consumes far more energy. The main purpose of daylight saving time is to help us make better use of daylight. China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and India do not observe Daylight Savings Time either. In Great Britain, advocates lobbied for a form of daylight saving time, but the government rejected it. | iStock.com. Even though a 2014 study said daylight saving time can put adults at risk for certain health problems, having more light in the evening has benefits. The letter didn’t spark any time changes (in France or the United States), but it did get to the core of daylight saving time: saving energy by shifting the clocks to get more daylight. According to data presented by the National Incident-Based Reporting System, there is a 40% decrease in robberies during that extra hour of sunlight. | Digital Vision/Image Source/Getty Images. | Scott Olson/Getty Images. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, daylight saving time was adopted was back in WWI, A study from the New England Journal of Medicine, 40% decrease in robberies during that extra hour of sunlight. But there are a few petitions out there, and some states have even opted out of recognizing daylight saving time. Yes, you’re groggy and tired in the morning because of Kaiser Wilhelm. Twice a year, in March and November, clocks around the world move forward or backward by an hour at 2 a.m. for Daylight Saving Time. | SSI-DUKE/iStock/Getty Images.

For some reason, the popular explanation for daylight saving time is that it is meant for farmers. It turns out that this energy saving measure isn’t as efficient as it was once thought to be. Sunday marked the end of daylight saving time and the beginning of another round of clock confusion.

Tufts University Professor and author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time told National Geographic that “The farmers were the only organized lobby against daylight saving in the history of the country.” He goes on to tell NatGeo, “The farmers were the reason we never had a peacetime daylight saving time until 1966. Next: The actual cost of daylight saving time, AC uses more energy than a lightbulb will.

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