The word 'cereal' comes from Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain and harvest.

A cucumber is 96% water, making it one of the most water-dense solid foods.

Cashews always come roasted because raw cashews contain urushiol, the same toxin as poison ivy.

The most stolen food in the world is cheese — about 4% of all cheese produced globally is stolen.

Great Zimbabwe was a powerful African city-state.

Honey will never spoil if kept sealed — archaeologists have eaten 3,000-year-old honey from Egyptian tombs.

Architecture that uses passive solar heating, natural ventilation, and local materials is called vernacular architecture.

The first map to name America was created in 1507 by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller.

Peanuts are not nuts — they're legumes, more closely related to beans.