Showing posts with label Surprising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surprising. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

What are some surprising facts about Albert Einstein?

 Einstein loved to sail, viewing it as a way to relax and think, but he was notoriously bad at it.

He couldn't swim and frequently capsized his boat, named Tümmler (German for "porpoise"), often needing to be rescued by his neighbors in Long Island. He didn't let his lack of skill or inability to swim deter him.

Also, Einstein did not wear socks.

He found them unnecessary and felt they were an annoyance, often bragging to friends about getting away with not wearing them, even in formal settings.

So we can deduce that, while capcizing frequently, at least he never got his socks wet

Saturday, August 2, 2025

What are some surprising facts about food?

 1. Pizza used to be a lower-class food. Originally, pizza in Naples was just a cheap meal for working people. After Queen Margherita tasted it, pizza became famous and went global.

2. Tomatoes were once thought to be poisonous. In the 18th century, Europeans thought tomatoes were poisonous because their acidity reacted with pewter dishes , causing lead poisoning.

3. Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine. When it was first made in 1886, Coca-Cola used coca leaf extract before finally removing it in the early 1900s.

4. Ketchup was once sold as medicine. In the 1830s, ketchup was marketed as a remedy

for indigestion , and there was even a pill version sold in pharmacies.