facts verse presents seven well-known
symbols you never knew the meaning
behind number one the ampersand the
ampersand is a sign that means and it's
often used in names and titles such as
business names and book titles the
symbol actually has a Latin origin it is
a method of writing the Latin
conjunction at which means and in
ancient Rome scholars wanted to find a
way to speed up the time that it takes
to write a man named tiro invented a
system of abbreviations that is known as
caronian the ampersand was one of the
symbols that he created later the air
percent became popular in Europe and
America today it is used quite often
even though many people struggle to draw
the symbol properly number two the heart
symbol most people associate the heart
symbol with love people wear
heart-shaped jewelry to represent love
on Valentine's Day you see cards covered
with hearts and heart-shaped balloons
when the symbol was first created it's
said to have represented more than love
there are three different stories about
how the symbol was created however
nobody is really sure which one is true
the first theory is that the symbol was
created out of the shape that swans make
when they meet in the air swans are said
to be symbols of loyalty love and
devotion because they stayed together
for life once they pair up the second
theory is that the shape comes from the
shape of the female pelvis the third
story comes from Greek mythology in
drawings of the god of wine making and a
patron of passion there were often IV
leaves in the photos and they were in
the shape of a heart
number three blue tooth if you've ever
used any type of blue tooth technology
you've seen the Bluetooth symbol this
symbol goes back to a historical figure
named King Harald blatent he was famous
for uniting two Danish tribes into one
Kingdom his nickname was blue tooth
because he ate so many blueberries that
one of his teeth was stained blue the
symbol that was created is a combination
of symbols the part of the symbol that
looks like an asterisk
is hugall which is the latin letter h
the part that looks like the letter B is
the letter B in Latin the reason it is
two symbols in one is because Bluetooth
allows two devices to share and connect
the next time you press the Bluetooth
button on your phone or tablet you can
now tell people that you know where the
symbol comes from and why it is called
Bluetooth number four the medical symbol
a staff with wings and two snakes this
symbol goes back to Greek mythology
however it has nothing to do with
medicine the Greek legend says that the
god Hermes had a staff that was
possessed and magical the staff had the
power to stop any disputes between
enemies nobody knows why the medical
community adopted this symbol
Hermes didn't have anything to do with
medicine the only theory that people
have is that the staff represents the
doctors and the disease's represent the
enemies the rest of the symbol and the
reason that it's used in medicine is
still unknown number five
the power-on symbol all devices have a
power button and they all use a
universal symbol it is an incomplete
zero with a line in the middle
this symbol dates back to the binary age
of 1940 back then engineers used symbols
to represent switches if the switch was
on one it meant that the switch was on
if there was a zero it meant that the
switch was off over the years the symbol
transformed to what we see today on all
devices the symbol is used on almost all
devices one universal symbol makes
things much less confusing number six we
okay hand gesture most people have used
this hand gesture at least once in their
life you form a circle using your thumb
and index finger and leave the other
three fingers standing up straight there
are a few stories that are related to
how this symbol came about the first
story goes back to when US President
Martin Van Buren was campaigning the
story says that he was from old
Kinderhook New York rather than writing
it all out diss posters he used the
initials okay
the second story says that US President
Andrew Jackson used the hand gesture
every time he finalized a decision the
final theory comes from the Buddhist
and Hindus and it says that it is a
murder today people use this symbol all
the time to signify that they're okay
and that somebody did something really
good number seven the peace symbol this
is one of the seven well-known symbols
you never knew the meaning behind most
people have seen peace symbols either on
signs posters or on clothing this symbol
goes back to 1958 when people were
protesting against the use of nuclear
weapons the symbol is a combination of
the letter n and the letter D this stood
for nuclear disarmament the symbol stuck
and it was used very often in the 1970s
when people were protesting the Vietnam
War and trying to spread the message of
peace even after the war was over people
continued to use the peace sign a few
other examples of peace signs are the
Dove and the olive branch
since these symbols are more difficult
to draw many people stick with the
nuclear disarmament symbol subscribe for
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