Food

Beer was a very common beverage back in ancient times.

Water accounts for 90 to 95 percent of the beer.

Sushi was once so valued, it was used to pay taxes.

When a bee collects sugar-rich nectar, it sucks it out using a trumpet (a tube inside which is a mobile, flexible tongue) and places it in a storage sack (crop), which is separated from the honey stomach by a foregut, known as a valve.

The addition of annatto to cheddar affects its flavor.

In biological terms, an egg is one of the developmental stages of a new individual in many animal species.

It originates from Southeast Asia, most likely a rice-growing region along the Mekong River.

Storage of draught beer should be at 3 - 4 °C to preserve the level of carbonation created during fermentation.

The emergence of American sweetened and carbonated beverages on the market has made kombucha or sour bread an unpopular relic.

About 7 percent of potatoes grown in the US end up on consumer’s tables in the form of French fries.