Trivia of the Day

Before I get started with your trivia, let's all first shed a little tear over what a nerd I've become.
However, this picture does have some relevance (besides just showing off my awesome new shirt and greatest Christmas present) as my trivia does in fact include my Benny (as all good trivia does).

Did you know that it was Benjamin Franklin who originally suggested daylight saving time? The idea behind it was not only to make better use of the light but to also in turn save money and energy. YAY BEN!
Even though my Benny came up with it, no one really did anything with this little bit of his brillance until during World War I when it was used as part of an effort to conserve fuel.
In the United States, the act to preserve daylight and provide standard time was enacted on March 19, 1918. It was only in place for seven months before being repealed by Congress.
World War II once again saw a brief return Daylight Saving Time thanks to FDR. It was called "War Time" and lasted all year from February 2, 1942 to September 30, 1945.
After this, there were no laws dictating DST so states were free to choose whatever they wanted.
On April 12, 1966, LBJ signed into Public Law The Uniform Time Act of 1966. Under this, DST was to begin on the last Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. Any State that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Time could do so by passing a state law (ahem, Indiana, ahem).
In 1974, Nixon did something wonky with DST too, but no one cares about him, so I'm moving on...
So anyways, if we'd just listened to Ben was back in 1784 then there would have been none of this fooling around.
And the point of my story is:

Don't forget to change your clocks on Sunday!

(Spring forward, in case you forgot.)