Bad Medicine
These physicians wore masks with beaks stuffed with flowers, spices, or other aromatics to mask the smells they would experience
What are plague doctors?
The hottest air temperature ever recorded was measured in this aptly named region of California
What is Death Valley?
A biological macromolecule comprised of chains of amino acids
What is a Protein?
Despite the variety of unique and tasty food in the world, the human tongue only has these five basic taste receptors
What are bitter, salty, sour, sweet, and umami
Originating from the scoring system in golf, a phrase used to describe when things go as you expected
What is par for the course?
The Romans believed that eating the liver of these arena warriors could potentially cure epilepsy
What are gladiators?
Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain on Earth if we measured from sea floor to summit, is located in this archipelago
What is Hawaii?
It may be beneficial for your health to avoid these types of foods, which often have unnatural additives, flavors or dyes
A mirepoix or soffritto, a staple of European cuisine, is made by sautéing a mixture of these three commonly used vegetables
What are carrots, celery, and onions
Originally from American Football, a desperate, last-ditch effort to make something work that might require a miracle
What is a Hail Mary?
Ancient medicine believed that an imbalance in these aspects of your body, made up of blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile, would lead to illness or disease
What are humors?
This tallest waterfall in the world located in Venezuela inspired the appearance of Paradise Falls in the movie "Up"
What is Angel Falls?
You may find yourself under this if you commit a crime and are lucky enough to not end up in jail
This common ingredient in many gummy candies causes them to be non-vegan
What is gelatin?
Originally from Cricket, used to describe a threefold achievement in something, also commonly used in other sports
What is a hat trick?
Created in 1849, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claimed to calm young children, soothe their teething pain, relieve their constipation, clean their teeth, and more. It actually contained over 10x the daily amount of this pain medication children could tolerate.
What is Morphine?
The Swahili translation of the name for this highest peak in Africa means "mountain of greatness"
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Common among students (plus adults honestly), and often causes the following quote "I waited until the last possible moment to do this, why didn't I start earlier?"
What is procrastination?
This spice, sometimes called red gold, is famous for being more expensive per ounce than even gold itself
What is Saffron?
Originally from horse racing, now a phrase used to describe something that went to the very end or last minute
What is down to the wire?
This mind-blowing procedure dates back to the neolithic era, and was much less elegant than a modern day craniotomy
What is trepanation/trepanning?
Located in Russia just north of its border with Mongolia, this is the deepest lake in the world and contains almost one-fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water supply
What is Lake Baikal?
Your body's ability to sense where it is in space, interchangeably used with kinesthesia
What is proprioception?
This chemical process between amino acids and reducing sugars leads to the flavorful brown crusts in many recipes, from seared steaks to baked breads
What is the Maillard reaction?
Originally from baseball, now something a grocery store would give you if an on sale item is out of stock
What is a raincheck?