HardHistory

"I rule modern life. Before me, everyone kept their own time. I standardised the world. I was invented because trains needed me. What am I?"

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Answer: The Clock / Standardised Time. Before standardised time, each town kept its own local time based on the sun. Railways made this chaotic — timetables were impossible. Railway companies drove the creation of standardised time zones, eventually leading to the global time system we use today.

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