Coffee is the world's second most traded commodity after oil.

Molasses is a byproduct of sugar refinement — it contains most of the iron and vitamins stripped from refined white sugar.

In 2003, a city in Belgium experienced a massive potato-based protest over french fries.

The Dead Sea is so salty that nothing larger than bacteria can survive in it, and swimmers float effortlessly.

Tensegrity structures, using compression and tension, can support loads far greater than their weight suggests.

People can survive weeks without food under certain conditions.

Popcorn has been consumed in the Americas for at least 5,600 years based on archaeological finds.

Wild salmon gets its pink color from eating krill and other crustaceans containing carotenoid pigments.

Narwhals use their tusks to stun fish before eating them, according to recent drone footage analysis.