Embodied cognition shows that holding warm coffee makes people judge others as warmer personalities.

Cashews grow outside the cashew apple fruit — what looks like the nut is actually the seed.

Tomatoes were once thought to be poisonous in Europe because they're part of the nightshade family.

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

Crows can remember individuals who previously threatened them.

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

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

Ice cream was likely first developed in China using flavored ice or frozen cream, centuries before it reached Europe.

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