Useless (but interesting) trivia

[Vlad Soare]

I've always wondered both those foods that if they aren't prepared properly, you die. How many tasters in ancient times croaked before they figured it out?

Yes, exactly. Like Fugu, for instance. After the first people who ate that fish died, what pushed the survivors to try again and again? How did they know that they will eventually find a very specific, extremely difficult and risky, cooking method that would finally prove to be somewhat safe?

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[martinjlm]

Yes, exactly. Like Fugu, for instance. After the first people who ate that fish died, what pushed the survivors to try again and again? How did they know that they will eventually find a very specific, extremely difficult and risky, cooking method that would finally prove to be somewhat safe?

I always say that I'd love to meet the first guy that saw a lobster and thought "I wonder how that'd taste with a bit of butter". Whoever it was was both an idiot and my hero.

 

[compprep]

I always say that I'd love to meet the first guy that saw a lobster and thought "I wonder how that'd taste with a bit of butter". Whoever it was was both an idiot and my hero.

Funny you mention "Lobster"! Few yrs ago visited Maine and upper mass. Went to a VERY old jail and they said that's what they feed the prisoners! It's a nasty sea creature!!!

 

[JimC]

Funny you mention "Lobster"! Few yrs ago visited Maine and upper mass. Went to a VERY old jail and they said that's what they feed the prisoners! It's a nasty sea creature!!!

In Boston it was declared "cruel and unusual punishment" to feed prisoners those "mud roaches"

 

[martinjlm]

**** REQUEST....LET's PLEASE NOT SWING THIS DOWN A POLITICAL WORMHOLE. THIS IS JUST A WEIRD FACT... ***

What do Lesley Lynch King Jr. and William Jefferson Blythe IV have in common?

They were both United States Presidents. Just not under the names they were born with.

Lesley Lynch King Jr. is better known as Gerald R. Ford.

William Jefferson Blythe IV is better known as Bill Clinton.

History could repeat if James Donald Bowman or James David Hamel were to become president.

Also, not making fun of these guys because I also do not go by the name on my birth certificate.

 

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[HoosierDaddy]

Fun fact: This was the motivation for a pudgy monk to quit the order and open the first fast food restaurant directly across the street. A huge success.

 

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[HoosierDaddy]

How is that useless?

It's been reported to mods.

 

[Vlad Soare]

Speaking of Rock, Paper, Scissors, one interesting quirk of this game is that it is exactly as hard to lose intentionally as it is to win.

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