I took a class recently on the history of food preservation.
In the early days, metal containers were the cheapest and easiest to make, so almost all food was stored in cans. Tin was a particularly soft and easy to mold/shape, and didn’t rust like other options, so most preserved food cans were made of tin.
Things went great for a while, with some food...
Starving Men On An Island
There are two starving men stranded on an island with only a rusty old knife. The first man says, “Well, I think our only choice is to eat each other's legs. We're not walking around, anyway. And we need food”. The other man agrees. So the first man begins sawing and crudely cutting the other man's ...
A man dies and goes to Heaven.
He is stopped in his tracks at the pearly gates by St Peter.
"My child, you are not yet permitted to enter Heaven," St Peter says.
"May I know why not?" the man asks.
"Well, you see, our database has not been updated yet and the current indication here is that you have not done ...
A man was recruited for a space colony
He had been posted to a planet 14 lightyears from Sol. As his ship landed on the planet's glowing surface, he saw a car waiting for him.
"Welcome to Anti-Earth," The driver said, "don't worry we are going to change the name soon. I am here to take you to your quarters and show you the colony ...
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