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International Date Line Looks Truly Bizarre – But Why?

The International Date Line (IDL) is one of the weirdest things on the map—it’s not a straight line at all! It zigzags to ...
The New York Times

The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.

That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist. By Mike Ives The writer, who lives in South Korea, has reported from Kiribati, a ...