Time Zones.  The Earth is currently divided into 24 major time zones so that everyone in the world can be on roughly similar schedules (noon being roughly.

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Time Zones

 The Earth is currently divided into 24 major time zones so that everyone in the world can be on roughly similar schedules (noon being roughly when the sun is highest in the sky).

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