The color red makes food taste sweeter — a reason ketchup bottles and candy packaging are often red.

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

The first junk food, cotton candy, was invented by a dentist in 1897.

People are more creative in a blue room than a red room — red increases alertness, blue encourages open thinking.

Pound cake got its name because the original recipe called for a pound each of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.

The Ramayana, one of Hinduism's great epics, tells of Prince Rama's quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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

The pungent smell of durian comes from sulfur compounds similar to those found in onions and garlic.

An egg's albumen (white) contains over 40 different proteins.