Why does an M&M melt in your mouth?

The Roman numeral M is often used to indicate one thousand, and MM is used to indicate one million. For example, an expense of $60000 might appear as $60M. Sales of $3000000 might be written as $3MM. Internet advertisers are familiar with CPM which is the cost per thousand impressions. read more

The Roman numeral M is often used to indicate one thousand, and MM is used to indicate one million. For example, an expense of $60,000 might appear as $60M. Sales of $3,000,000 might be written as $3MM. Internet advertisers are familiar with CPM which is the cost per thousand impressions. read more

Now compare the two quotes at $/M : ($352.51/M and $351.12/M), that's a difference of $1.39/M. While $1.39 doesn't seem like much, multiplying that by the total units you are buying annually (250,000), you will begin to see why such as small difference in $/M begins to make an impact in your overall supply chain. read more

The printer can stamp some 2.5 million M&M's an hour. Some candies make it off the line M-less, but Mars doesn’t consider these rejects. read more

Various unsubstantiated theories exist regarding the use of the letter"m" to denote the slope in the straight-line equation, but the actual reason is unknown. Some believe that the mathematician Descartes used"m" for slope for the French word"monter," which means to climb. read more