The English language is chock-full of quirky words with fascinating origins that we often take for granted. Take the ...

Narrator: How about showing Brain some on the hour action Clock? Clock: Alright! 1 o’clock! 2 o’clock! 3 o’clock! Narrator: You see Brain, Clock is made up of ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ...

O'clock is a way of telling the exact hour on a clock. We say "o'clock" when the minute hand (the long hand) points to the number 12 on the clock. When the minute hand points straight up to 12 ...