Blue cheese gets its distinctive veins from Penicillium mold injected into it during production.

Ballet shoes are made to last only 12–20 hours of use for professional dancers.

Pomegranates contain punicalagins — extraordinarily potent antioxidants that improve heart health and memory in studies.

Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' (2006) won the Pulitzer Prize and contains almost no punctuation.

Liquid nitrogen cooking, called molecular gastronomy, was popularized by chefs like Ferran Adrià.

Diamonds are not the rarest gem — alexandrite, painite, and red diamonds are far rarer.

Pea protein has an amino acid profile close to egg white and is increasingly used as a plant-based protein source.

The açaí berry must be processed within 24 hours of picking — it rapidly ferments after harvest.

Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s.