Studies show that eating spicy food can help you lose weight. Participants who ate spicier meals consumed up to 25% fewer calories, ate more slowly, and still felt just as full and satisfied.

The founders of Ben & Jerry’s learned to make ice cream from a $5 Penn State correspondence course after one couldn’t get into medical school and the other couldn’t sell enough pottery.

Nutella was invented during World War II by an Italian pastry maker named Pietro Ferrero, who mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to stretch his limited chocolate supply.

People with fewer, less-diverse gut microbes are more prone to cognitive impairment, including dementia. Fresh fruit and regular exercise promote gut microbiota growth, potentially protecting against these conditions.

America has been at war for 93% of its history - 222 out of 239 years since 1776. That means the U.S. has known less than 20 years of peace in over 200 years since the nation was founded.

Most supermarket fruit that you eat is a clone, grown from grafted branches for uniform taste, size, and appearance. Without cloning, quality would vary, and maintaining disease resistance would be more difficult.

A study of over 2,000 people found that using the sauna 4 to 7 times a week was associated with a 40% decrease in death from all causes. Additionally, saunas can boost metabolism by around 20%.