Food & Drink

Food & Drink Did the CIA Withhold Information from the FBI Which Could Have Prevented 9/11 from Happening? July 20, 2021

Food & Drink Meet Jolt Cola, created in the 1980s as a stimulant for students and young professionals with the slogan "All the sugar, twice the caffeine!" March 23, 2021

Food & Drink A1 Steak Sauce was invented 200 years ago by King George IV's private chef, and is older than solid chocolate March 23, 2021

Food & Drink Paul McCartney let a stranger claiming to be Jesus Christ sit in on a Beatles recording session in 1967. McCartney figured, "Well, it probably isn't. But if he is, I'm not going to be the one to turn him away." February 10, 2021

Food & Drink 82% of avocado oil sold in the United States is either rancid or mixed with other oils. Researchers at UC Davis even discovered three bottles labeled as avocado oil contained no avocado oil whatsoever. February 4, 2021

Food & Drink Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. Since 2004, Italian law insists Neapolitan pizza must include wheat flour, flour yeast, mineral water, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt & olive oil to be considered pizza. November 25, 2020

Food & Drink A teenaged Evel Kinevel, while working at a copper mine, popped a wheelie with a piece of heavy machinery. He hit a power line, causing the city of Butte, Montana to lose power for several hours. November 10, 2020

Food & Drink Gyro, Döner, Shawarma: What's The Difference? October 30, 2020

Food & Drink Tomato sauce is not Italian at all but Mexican. The first tomato sauces were already being sold in the markets of Tenochtitlan when Spaniards arrived, and had many of the same ingredients (tomatoes, bell peppers, chilies) that would later define Italian tomato pasta sauces 200 years later. May 14, 2019

Food & Drink The highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in the nation, Moose's Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, is in Anchorage, Alaska. Its annual sales are approximately $6 million. May 9, 2019

Food & Drink 7 Up was laced with Lithium -a mood stabilizer, until 1948. April 25, 2019

Food & Drink Cats were kept on ships by Ancient Egyptians for pest control and it became a seafaring tradition. It is believed Domestic cats spread throughout much of the world with sailing ships during Age of Discovery(15th through 18th centuries). April 11, 2019