No Such Thing As A Fish No Such Thing As A Frothy Beer
May 15, 2020
They explore why corn rows are always even and the strange history and myths around domesticated maize. Mayan underworld gods, the 2012 calendar panic and hero twins come up. Unusual lubricants feature heavily, from mashed slugs to nose grease affecting beer foam. A pilgrimage between a giant chalk figure and a particle collider and a secretive underground community also get a surreal mention.
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Woman Found Corn Hiding In Everything In US
- Christine Robinson discovered severe corn allergy meant nearly everything in the US contained corn derivatives.
- Items like table salt, bottled water, meat and wetsuit detergents used corn-based lactic acid, drastically limiting her options.
Corn Grew Extremely Slowly During Early Domestication
- Domesticated corn grew from ~2 cm cobs 9,000 years ago to modern sizes via slow selective breeding.
- Andy cites sources showing a change to ~2.5 cm over 6,000 years, illustrating very gradual early domestication.
Mayan Underworld Gods Embodied Disease And Domestic Hazards
- Mayan underworld deities personified specific illnesses and household threats like Flying Scab, Pus Demon, Sweeping Demon and Stabbing Demon.
- Anna explains these gods appear in the Popol Vuh and the hero twins defeat them, becoming sun and moon.