We’ve finally reached Number ONE in our 10-day countdown here at 365Barrington.com and my tidbit for today is a success story that shows how best-loved brands can come from humble beginnings. It also falls into the “Useless Trivia that May Come in Handy Someday” category:

Hmmm…now what can I say about the number two? Any back seat drivers out there? If so, like me, you’ve probably pulled out the old two-second rule when reprimanding the man (ahem, I mean the “person”) behind the wheel. This is my go-to gripe when my husband gets a little 2 close 4 comfort. Just [...]

Old English thrīe |Indo-european *TREYES, *TISORES, *TRI | Sanskrit TRÎ, trayaḥ (m), tisraḥ (f), trīṇi (f) | Greek, Attic TPEIΣ, TPIA TRÊS, TRIA | Latin TRES, TRIA | Archaic Latin *TREIES | Italian tre | French trois | Spanish and Catalan tres | Provençal trei, tres | Portuguese três | Romanian trei | Romansh trais [...]

Old English feower | Indo-european KWETORES KWETESRES |Sanskrit CATÙR | Proto-Hellenic QWET(O)RO- | Greek, Attic τέτταρες, τέτταρα TETTARES, TETTARA | Latin QUATTUOR | Archaic Latin QUATBORO |Italian quattro |French, Provençal and Catalan quatre | Spanish cuatro | Portuguese quarto | Romanian part | Romansh quatter | Sardinian bàtero | Old Celtic PETOR | Breton pevar [...]

Old English fîf |Indo-european PENKWE | Sanskrit PAÑCA | Greek, Attic ΠENTE PENTE | Latin QVINQVE | Archaic Latin PENQVE | Vulgar Latin CINQUE | Italian cinque | French cinq | Spanish and Portuguese cinco | Provençal and Catalan cinc | Romanian cinci | Romansh tschintg | Sardinian chímbi |Old Celtic PEMPE | Breton pemp [...]

I’m interrupting my 10 day countdown to something exciting and new coming 11/11/11 here at 365Barrington.com to bring you a special report for the end of daylight savings time.  If you’re struggling to find a way to spend your extra hour now that we’ve rolled the clocks back today (yeah right), never fear.  I have [...]

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, “a friend of a friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.  The game [...]

Old English seofon |Indo-european septm | Sanskrit SAPTA | Greek, Attic ‘EΠTA HEPTA | Latin SEPTEM | Italian sette | French sept | Spanish siete | Catalan and Provençal set | Portuguese setes | Romanian şapte | Rumansh siat | Sardinian sète | Old Germanic SIBUM | Dutch zeven | German sieben | Danish syv [...]

Old English eahta| Indo-european *OKTÔ(U) | Sanskrit ASHTA | Greek, Attic OKTΩ OKTÔ | Latin OCTO | Italian otto | French huit | Spanish ocho | Portuguese oito | Catalan vuit | Provençal oit | Romanian opt | Rumansh otg | Sardinian òto | Old Germanic AHTÔ | Dutch and German acht | Danish otte [...]

Old English nigon | Indo-european newn | Sanskrit nava | Greek, Attic ENNEA hennea | Latin novem | Archaic Latin nevin | Italian and Portuguese nove | French neuf | Spanish nueve | Catalan nou | Provençal nòu | Romanian nouă | Rumansh nov | Sardinian nòbe | Old Germanic niwun | Dutch negen | [...]