PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw4igen wrote on November 12, 2022 at 10:13 PM Reply to comment by dressageishard in TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm by PoppedUrMomsCherry Why Neil? Permalink Parent 1
PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw4idhm wrote on November 12, 2022 at 10:12 PM Reply to comment by v-stromtrooper in TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm by PoppedUrMomsCherry My bad, it's hard to get humour on text. Yeah, I think this very practice was one of the beginnings of those church bells. They were called curfew balls. Archaically, curfew meant to curb the fire as in to put it off. Similar to turning off the light in today's time. Permalink Parent 2
PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw40zxz wrote on November 12, 2022 at 8:09 PM Reply to comment by v-stromtrooper in TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm by PoppedUrMomsCherry Clocks have been around since Archimedes. 2-4 AD or something ​ Edit: It's 3rd Century BC apparently. Permalink Parent 2
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PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw4igen wrote
Reply to comment by dressageishard in TIL that the 1st King of England made a law that said everyone had to be in bed by 8pm by PoppedUrMomsCherry
Why Neil?