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Just found out that honey never spoils and there's 3,000 year old pots of it in Egyptian tombs
I was watching some random documentary on YouTube last night about ancient Egypt and they mentioned this fact that absolutely blew my mind. Apparently archaeologists have found jars of honey in tombs that are over 3,000 years old and it's still perfectly good to eat. The reason is honey has almost no water content and is naturally acidic, so bacteria just can't survive in it. I had to pause the video and look it up because I thought they were exaggerating, but no, multiple sources confirm it's true. Has anyone else come across a random historical food fact that totally caught you off guard?
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jessica3311d ago
had a similar moment when i found out that nutmeg is actually a hallucinogen if you eat enough of it. like, the stuff you sprinkle on eggnog, people have used to get high for centuries. never tried it myself, sounds like a bad time honestly. but it's wild how something that's just sitting in your spice cabinet has that kind of history. wait, are there any other everyday foods from way back that are secretly radioactive or poisonous?
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colegarcia1d agoTop Commenter
Buddy of mine ate a whole pack of raw kidney beans once, spent the night puking like a man possessed.
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river_thompson1d ago
Whoa hold on, radioactive? That reminds me of when I was a kid and my grandpa told me not to eat too many Brazil nuts because they're radioactive or something? Like they absorb radium from the soil. I laughed it off but apparently it's a real thing. One or two is fine but don't go snacking on a whole bag unless you want to set off a Geiger counter, I guess.
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