The French culinary term 'mise en place' means 'everything in its place' — a principle of preparation before cooking.

Pineapples take about two years to grow to full size.

The Greek Titan Prometheus was punished for giving fire to humans by being chained and having his liver eaten daily by an eagle.

Black pepper was once so valuable it was used as currency and to pay ransoms.

Adolf Frederick of Sweden died after eating an enormous meal including dessert.

Fermented foods like kimchi, yogurt, and kefir contain beneficial live bacteria that support gut health.

The first known recipe ever written was for beer — by ancient Sumerians around 1800 BC.

Topology is the mathematical study of properties preserved under continuous deformation — a donut and a coffee mug are topologically identical.

Many world mythologies feature a world tree connecting different realms — Yggdrasil in Norse myth, Ashvattha in Hinduism.