Ketchup was once sold as a medicine! In the 18th and early 19th centuries, people believed ketchup had medicinal properties and used it to treat everything from indigestion to coughs. Thankfully, these days we know ketchup belongs on fries, not in the medicine cabinet.

By Phong Yew Tong 3 May 2024

Ketchup was once sold as a medicine! In the 18th and early 19th centuries, people believed ketchup had medicinal properties and used it to treat everything from indigestion to coughs. Thankfully, these days we know ketchup belongs on fries, not in the medicine cabinet.

By Phong Yew Tong

In the tiny village of Koripuno, Bolivia, they hold an annual donkey race… but the donkeys have to carry barrels of alcohol! The winner isn’t necessarily the fastest donkey, but the one who finishes the race without spilling its precious cargo.

Phong Yew Tong 3 May 2024

The population of the earth is about 8 billion people, but there are an estimated 10 quintillion (that’s 10,000,000,000,000,000,000!) individual ants alive at any given time! Talk about outnumbered!

Phong Yew Tong 3 May 2024

Did you know the human brain generates enough electricity to power a small light bulb? That’s pretty impressive for an organ that makes up only about 2% of our body weight!

Phong Yew Tong 2 May 2024

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In the tiny village of Koripuno, Bolivia, they hold an annual donkey race… but the donkeys have to carry barrels of alcohol! The winner isn’t necessarily the fastest donkey, but the one who finishes the race without spilling its precious cargo.

Ketchup was once sold as a medicine! In the 18th and early 19th centuries, people believed ketchup had medicinal properties and used it to treat everything from indigestion to coughs. Thankfully, these days we know ketchup belongs on fries, not in the medicine cabinet.

The population of the earth is about 8 billion people, but there are an estimated 10 quintillion (that’s 10,000,000,000,000,000,000!) individual ants alive at any given time! Talk about outnumbered!

Did you know the human brain generates enough electricity to power a small light bulb? That’s pretty impressive for an organ that makes up only about 2% of our body weight!