Eli5: Why does different parts of the world have different voltages?

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Just that, why?
Wouldn’t be easier to have the same voltage all over the world so we don’t have to use adapters and things like that?

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When electrical grids were being constructed, the idea of globalization was still far away. There was no benefit to someone in Europe trying to legislate that they should use the same voltage and connectors as the US and Canada.

Each made their own decisions independently. In today’s world, those decisions stand because trying to change everything would be impossible.

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