The Esoteric

This thread is about the esoteric, i.e., little known, often interesting, yet often useless, information. I guess the contemporary term would be trivia

Here's mine:

The etimology [origin] of the word Breakfast is derived from the two words break and fast, meaning, to break or cease fasting. Fast, of course, meaning to go without food/sustinence. We generally don't eat in our sleep (well, most of us, anyway), so in the morning, we are said to break fast at breakfast. :D


Anyone care to contribute your own esoteric knowledge?



James