History
Why the Weekend Is Two Days, and When Saturday Became Free
Sunday was a rest day first. Saturday came later: Ford's 1926 five-day week, then the 1938 FLSA's overtime rule, which does not require a weekend off.
History
History
Why We Carve Pumpkins, and Why Turnips Came First
Before pumpkins, people in Ireland and Britain carved turnips. How the word jack-o'-lantern, the turnip lantern and the American pumpkin came together.
History
Why a Week Has 7 Days: Babylon, Seven Planets and Rome
The 7-day week doesn't fit the 29.53-day lunar month. It comes from Babylon, the Jewish Sabbath and Rome's planetary week, made official in 321 CE.