
Edible honey preserved for 3,000 years in Egyptian tombs
Image: John Karakatsanis from Athens, Greece, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Edible honey preserved for 3,000 years in Egyptian tombs
Hot chocolate
Chocolate was a bitter drink in Mesoamerica for 3,000 years before Europeans added sugar
Beer
Beer was first brewed around 5,000 BC in Mesopotamia
Culture of Ethiopia
Goat herder's goats danced after eating berries, leading to coffee discovery in Ethiopia
Footprints on the Moon (1975 film)
Moon footprints endure millions of years; no wind/water erosion
Sushi
Sushi originally meant fermented fish preserved in rice — the rice was discarded, not eaten
A single teaspoon of soil contains more microorganisms than people on Earth
A teaspoon of soil harbors more microorganisms than Earth's human population
One email a day: 5 concepts + the 5 stories that matter →
Swipe through 100 ML concepts daily
Open TickerNews