When a UK environment research group wanted to name their multi-million dollar vessel they thought they might ask the crowd. What could go wrong…? Some things just don’t need to be up for a vote.
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My son asked me the other day what a.m. and p.m. mean. Of course I could tell him what they mean, but what do those letters stand for. Turn’s out they’re Latin of course! My first guess for p.m. was close, “post meridian” but couldn’t come up with the a.m. A.M. is ante meridiem (a.m., from Latin, literally “before midday”) and post meridiem (p.m., “after midday”).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock
Other great time related info courtesy of the US government
http://time.gov/exhibits.html
While dining out last night my 5 year old son asked where the first restaurant was, which made me wonder about where the restaurant concept originated. From what I’ve gleaned, it appears to have originated in France around the late 1700s, which makes since since ‘restaurant’ is French word. The Wikipedia entry also credits 13th century China.