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There once was a ship that put to sea The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea The winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh) Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguing is done We’ll take our leave and go She’d not been two we

by CopyPastaArchive September 7, 2022, 7:13 am

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TIL that illegal ranchers, after leaving initial offerings of sugar, gave an isolated Amazonian tribe rat poison that killed all members bar one

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 7:53 am

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TIL: rotten teeth were once a wealth symbol because sugar was expensive

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 8:35 pm

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Archaeologists unearth sugar bowl, pocketknife at historic Michigan fort

by HistoryBuff August 21, 2022, 9:57 pm

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Today I learned chocolate bloom is either of two types of whitish coating that can appear on the surface of chocolate: fat bloom, caused by changes in the fat crystals in the chocolate; and sugar bloom, due to crystals formed by the action of moisture on the sugar.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 5:58 pm

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TIL that Honey Smacks (then known as Sugar Smacks), during its 1950s debut, had the highest sugar content of any US cereal, at 55% per weight.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 5:31 am

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TIL the average person consumes about 24 kilograms (53 pounds) of sugar each year, with North and South Americans consuming up to 50 kg (110 lb) and Africans consuming under 20 kg (44 lb).

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 10:36 pm

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TIL The fats and vinegar in your meals affect glucose absorption and lower the rise in your blood sugar.

by whatilearned August 11, 2022, 8:52 am

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TIL Onions have sucrose, a natural sugar, trapped in their cells. The longer you cook an onion the more sucrose is released and the heat converts the sucrose into glucose and fructose which are sweeter sugars. This process is called caramelization and it creates very sweet tasting onions.

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 6:47 pm

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TIL While managing an American minor league baseball team playing against the Havana Sugar Kings in 1959, the manager Frank Verdi was wounded by a stray bullet shot during celebrations for the 26th of July National Holiday. The game was called off and the American team fled Cuba.

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 3:29 pm

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TIL Dessert stomach is a real thing. The sugar in sweet foods stimulates a reflex that actually expands your stomach, which is why you somehow find room for dessert, even if you’re stuffed after the main course

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 7:56 am

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TIL Precursors to chewing gum date back 5,000 years with the first commercial chewing gum released in 1848. To sweeten these early gums chewers would repeatedly dip the gum in a plate of powdered sugar to reconstitute the sweetness while they chewed.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 11:21 am

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