"A moment" is a medieval unit of time equal to what?

Correct answer: One and a half minutes

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What people think about it: 25 Comments
Laura
Laura
Interesting! Thank you.
Tone
Tone
Next time someone asks me to give them a moment, I will be able to time it! 😆
Macqusie
Macqusie
interesting! I didn't know that!
KittyA9
KittyA9
So when someone says “give me a few moments to…” they are really saying “give me a couple of minutes”. Fun trivia!
joey
joey
I didn't know it was mideval
Cat Mom
Cat Mom
Cool beans! Next time I'll say Just give me a minute & a half please
Chupy
Chupy
Did not know, that there is a medieval unit like this. Everyone I know refer to a
Byrde Alpha Bitch
Byrde Alpha Bitch
BiGuy, Or perhaps time candles. 😉
Kathe
Kathe
now I know the meaning of "a moment". this is an AHA moment for me
Felicia
Felicia
I thought it was five minutes cause we are different
Mimi
Mimi
Easy Peary lemon squeeze 💛
Kathye
Kathye
very interesting. next time someone says "just a moment." I'm going to time them and let that person know too.
JJ
JJ
interesting. I had to do 50/50 because I wasn't certain
 Amar Singh.k
Amar Singh.k
great to know about this good 👍🏽
UNIK
UNIK
Great 👍
lilrty12308
lilrty12308
Like if you got it wrong
AndUThoughtIWassmart
AndUThoughtIWassmart
I didn't know that either. knowledge is the key to living on this big blue marble
rocky 🪨
rocky 🪨
i was wrong 🙁
Rose
Rose
we will be able to read 📚
mee
mee
i need 30 seconds more .
BiGuy
BiGuy
If it was cloudy out, they must have relied on sands in glass
Dani
Dani
Thank you, learning so much on here.
Casper
Casper
the use of sun dial
hado
hado
bad luck ☹️
Milo
Milo
Back then, they could measure sun movement. But now, we know "a moment" persicely? Hmm.