We all toot, fluff, fart or whatever you want to call that embarrassing and possibly cancer-preventing air escaping our guts. Some make money on products fighting it. Others embrace it for its entertainment value, taking their living from it. Didja know one of the...
Oh chocolate! In the Americas the Spanish didn’t find as much gold as they hoped. What they did find was silver– which they named Argentina for. They also found what the Mayans called xocolatl. They drank their xocolatl mixture before battle, used it as...
Go Bananas! We’ve all held them up to our ears, pretending they were phones, our mouths , pretending they were smiles, and most of us have had the misfortune of a lunchbox, thermos, banana interaction. But how did this tasty, tropical, sickle-shaped fruit come...
They call them incredible and edible. People have been eating them for a long, long time. Pretty much all creatures, including the birds that lay them, have as well. I know, right ? Yes, I’m talking about eggs. Some researchers say they are the most nutritious...
Everyone knows the rabbit’s reputation for being a fertile fellow – even those who have barely seen a hare on a bunny, let alone had them as pets. As a child, I did have rabbits and knew their habits—that they preferred lettuce or carrot tops to the actual carrot, and...
