PoppedUrMomsCherry
PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw4idhm wrote
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.
PoppedUrMomsCherry OP t1_iw40zxz wrote
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
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Edit: It's 3rd Century BC apparently.
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?