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AI Summary
- In the 1800s, every U.S. town kept its own local time based on sun position, creating confusion with 23 times in Indiana alone and train crashes
- High school principal, scientist, and railroad bureaucrat collaborated to introduce standardized time zones across the United States
- Time zone implementation in 1883 required convincing major cities and overcoming objections that railroads were usurping 'God's time'