spookyskost t1_jeg44pj wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:33 PM

Reply to comment by Th0m45D4v15 in TIL In the West the largest meal of the day has historically been eaten at midday. It was not until Napoleon's empire there was the "abominable habit of dining as late as seven in the evening" as British travelers reported. The British adopted later dinners by 1850 from changes in work schedules. by jamescookenotthatone

Oh yeah, supposedly during the medieval ages it wasn’t uncommon to wake up and be up for a couple hours during the night before going back to bed. It was called Two Sleeps. Here’s a BBC article on it: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep

Th0m45D4v15 t1_jeg4b5t wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:34 PM

My family told me how they used to hang out with friends and family late, because of working all day and no air conditioning. Late at night was the only cool time, when nothing had to be done.