Culture of Ethiopia

Hot chocolate

Chocolate was a bitter drink in Mesoamerica for 3,000 years before Europeans added sugar

Honey never spoils

Edible honey preserved for 3,000 years in Egyptian tombs

Beer

Beer was first brewed around 5,000 BC in Mesopotamia

A single teaspoon of soil contains more microorganisms than people on Earth

A teaspoon of soil harbors more microorganisms than Earth's human population

Ketchup originated in China as a fermented fish sauce called kê-tsiap

Ketchup originated in China as a fermented fish sauce called kê-tsiap

Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock discovered transposons in maize