Today is Friday, March 4, 2016. Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend. Madonna stuns fans.
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time (DST), when people in the U.S. “spring ahead” an hour, begins on March 13, 2016.
We have some interesting facts about Daylight Saving Time.
- The official term for this phenomenon is “Daylight Saving Time,” and not “Daylight Savings Time,” as searched by many people on Google
- A 2001 Stanford University study found that DST time shifts significantly affect the number of fatal traffic accidents in the U.S.
- Though several countries have adopted DST, many of them do not observe it on the same day — resulting in confusion for international tourists and business communication.
- The American states of Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe DST. U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam also do not observe
- One of the United States’ founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, conceived the idea of daylight saving in 1784
- Daylight saving time was first implemented in the U.S. during the First World War, to save fuel by reducing the need to use artificial lighting. After a period of disuse, it was again enforced during World War II and continued to be practiced until three weeks after the war ended.
Madonna Stuns fans
Madonna stunned fans by riding on stage on a child’s tricycle dressed as a clown. She was four hours late.
Then, while downing vodka cocktails, she told the crowd that Rocco, her son, had “disappeared” and hinted at the misery of the court battle she is fighting with ex Guy Ritchie over the 15-year-old.
Madonna’s tipsy two-hour performance bemused concertgoers in Melbourne.
One tweeted: “So far, Madonna is drunk and constantly missing cues.”
Madonna herself tweeted the following message:
This Clown is crying tears of Joy. Thank you Melbourne?#tearsofaclown pic.twitter.com/OLq7yoSXOw
— Madonna (@Madonna) March 10, 2016
