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Curious to find out the meaning behind these letters, one X (Twitter) user, @IAMTOINEJ, recently asked: "I might be called stupid after this, but WTF does 'AM' and 'PM' stand for?" The post sent ...

Former president Jimmy Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021 but left behind a eulogy that his son Ted read at Carter's memorial service Thursday morning.

You know how some things are so obvious, so part of our everyday jargon that we’ve never ... If you’re one of the people who have no idea what ‘AM’ and ‘PM’ stand for, don’t worry ...

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