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I’ve been reading Bill Bryson’s At Home, and it’s a really interesting book with a lot of fascinating factoids. The two most interesting factoids:
1) The origins of corn were are not only mysterious, but so contentious that a conference to settle the matter once and for all in 1969 turned into a shouting match with nothing actually accomplished.
2) Until the 1840s, the Chinese were the only people who knew how to turn tea leaves into a form suitable to turn into tea.

Bryson's always a good read. One of my go-to books when I have to argue with waterheads is his 'A Short History Of Nearly Everything'.

Boru

Agreed, he is an interesting author with some really good books.