A False Internet Claim From 2022 Still Shapes How News Outlets Report on Sunlight

On July 8, 2026, nearly everyone on Earth will experience daylight at the same time—a real fact about where humans live on the planet. Yet this happens every day from mid-May to mid-July, not just July 8. Major news outlets like National Geographic and The Washington Post keep repeating the single date, spreading a false claim from a 2022 Reddit post that fact-checkers already debunked.