How does the M&M's shell prevent the chocolate from melting?

Some candies make it off the line M-less, but Mars doesn't consider these rejects. read more

Blank M&M's sit on a special conveyor belt that has a dimple for each candy to sit in, and roll through a machine where vegetable dye is transferred from a press to a rubber etch roller that gently prints the M on each piece. read more

^M happens to be the way vim displays 0xD (0x0D = 13, M is the 13th letter in the English alphabet). You can remove all the ^M characters by running the following: :%s/^M//g Where ^M is entered by holding down Ctrl and typing v followed by m, and then releasing Ctrl. read more

The Egyptians are thought to be responsible for dividing the day into 24 equal parts. One account suggests that this custom evolved because the Egyptians commonly used the base 12, counting the 3 joints in their fingers, not including the thumb. read more