The Ancient Chewing Gum You’d Never Recognize Today
Omar Adnan Jabri
Ancient Chocolate GumThe Maya and Aztecs chewed a natural gum made from tree sap and bitter cacao resin 3,000 years ago. Unlike today's sweet bubblegum, this ancient version: - Curbed hunger - Cleaned teeth - Delivered a mild energy boost Banned by Spanish colonizers and forgotten for centuries, this spicy, dark chocolate-like gum is now being revived by modern artisans. Proof that chewing gum has always been a thing - just not the sugary kind we know today! The original energy gum: 100% natural, 0% sweet.
Why Astronauts Risk It All for Chocolate (And Science Does Too)
Omar Adnan Jabri
Chocolate in Space: The Meltdown No Astronaut Saw Coming"** When astronauts crave chocolate, things get messy—blobs float away, cocoa butter crystallizes weirdly, and crumbs become a $100M hazard. Yet NASA packs it anyway. Why? Because in the vast, lonely expanse of space, a simple chocolate bar isn’t just food—it’s a taste of home, a morale booster, and a surprising scientific puzzle. From rogue M&M’s to 3D-printed space desserts, this is the sticky, heartwarming story of humanity’s sweetest space obsession. *(Bonus: The time a Russian cosmonaut smuggled real chocolate—not the approved kind—just to feel human again.)* 🍫🚀
