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One of the Most Famous Victorian Dishes Is a Hilarious Lie
Brown Windsor soup was reportedly a favorite of the Queen. The only problem? It may not have existed.
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Eating sardines regularly helps prevent type 2 diabetes
Nutrients such as taurine, omega 3, calcium and vitamin D help to protect against the diseaseThe study was carried out on a group of participants aged 65 and above. However, investigators claim the results could be extrapolated to other age groupsSardine consumption also improves other health parameters, such as cholesterol regulation and the reduction of triglycerides and blood pressure
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Tootsie Pop Mystery Solved: How Many Licks It Takes To Get To The Center, Based On Science
It takes this many licks to get to the Tootsie roll center of a Tootsie pop, and it’s a lot more than three.
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Baby carrots are not baby carrots
Ten years ago, NPR opened a radio news segment with a few words about a man few knew. Mike Yurosek, a carrot farmer from California, had passed away earlier that year. The homage was short —it lasted no more than 30 seconds — but for many of those listening, it must have been eye-opening. "He actually invented these things," Stephen Miller, then an obituary writer with the New York Sun said, holding a bag of baby carrots. "Not many people know...
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Food Listening Skills Quiz
A fun quiz to help you understand the hearing process. This helps as you develop your food listening skills. Learn about how you hear.
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Food Taste Quiz
A quiz about the process of how you taste. Improve your understanding of how food tastes.
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Using garlic to combat antimicrobial resistant urinary tract infections
Garlic extract may be an effective weapon against multi-drug resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria associated with urinary tract infections (UTI), according to a recent study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science. Conducted by researchers at the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences in India, the study found that "even crude extracts of [garlic] showed good activity against multidrug resistant strains where antibiotic...
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Soylent 1.1 hopes to make you fart less
Foodstuffs have version numbers now. That's the world we live in. Or at least one consumable has a version number: Soylent, which has just been revved to 1.1. The latest formulation of the crowdfunding-born meal replacement promises less sweetness — they've taken out some of the sucralose, so users can more easily "customize" the flavor to their liking. Perhaps more importantly, it adds an "enzyme blend" that promises to reduce "digestive issues" experienced by some users of the original.
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'Super' banana to face first human trial
A super-enriched banana genetically engineered to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa will soon have its first human trial, which will test its effect on vitamin A levels, Australian researchers said Monday.
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Watermelon made into a giant mouth with teeth
Creepy ass art looks like a DQ mouth commercial.
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