7 Comments TIL Cats have little to no ability to taste sweetness by whatilearned September 21, 2022, 5:21 am 2 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that raw sweet potatoes are actually not very sweet on their own but contain an enzyme called Beta-Amylase which breaks down the starch in the potato and turns it into sugar. When a sweet potato is cooked, the higher temperature speeds up the enzyme resulting in the sweet potato’s sweetness. by whatilearned September 13, 2022, 8:46 pm 6 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that cats do not taste sweetness due to lack of receptors, and don’t have much interest in carbs because of it. by whatilearned September 8, 2022, 9:08 am 8 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment 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 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL that “A Clockwork Orange” is “a metaphor for “an organic entity, full of juice and sweetness and agreeable odour, being turned into a mechanism” by whatilearned February 26, 2022, 3:19 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL cats lack all ability to taste sweetness. Unlike other carnivorous animals, cats are exclusive meat eaters and hardly ever deviate their diets, therefore they never developed the tastebuds that recognize certain amino acids created by plants, such as sugar. by whatilearned September 27, 2021, 5:32 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
7 Comments TIL Corn Smut is a gall-shaped fungus that grows on corn and ruins the kernels but tastes like truffle with some sweetness from the corn. Also known as Mexican Truffle and huitlacoche. by whatilearned August 17, 2021, 12:05 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL in 2018 two melons were auctioned off in Japan for ¥3.2 million (almost $30,000). Yubari King melons are often given as luxurious gifts and are famous for their ridiculous sweetness. by whatilearned June 2, 2021, 3:20 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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