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Someone in Han dynasty China looked at a hard, unpleasant bean and decided to mash it, boil it, and curdle it into a jiggly white block. This exhaustive,…
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When you are a tyrannical emperor with limitless power, you don't wait around for the ice cream truck. Nero famously employed a relay chain of fast runners to…
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In 1793, France’s revolutionaries outlawed fancy bread. Equality meant grain was no longer reserved for the rich — white loaves for all, or none. Millers who…
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Farmers from the rural village of West Pennard decided to honor Queen Victoria's royal wedding in 1840 by pooling the milk of over seven hundred local cows to…
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Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie wasn't just a nursery rhyme. Aristocrats loved 'entremets' where cutting the crust released a swarm of live animals…
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In the late 19th century, dietary 'experts' routinely prescribed ice cream to patients suffering from stomach pain or anxiety. Because it was dairy-based and…
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