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This is a weekly wrap of our Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"buffalo-wings\"<\/a>Why Buffalo Wings Are Called That<\/a><\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, neither the origin of the name nor the food item itself have anything to do with actual buffalo, nor American Bison which many people call buffalo even though they are not<\/a>. Rather, this tasty item originated in Buffalo, New York, with most foodstorians indicating buffalo wings probably were first served in the Anchor Bar there.\u00a0 Frank and Teressa Bellissimo owned that bar, which they had purchased in 1939. In 1964, Theresa had an idea: why not fry chicken wings up and serve them in a hot sauce?\u00a0 Of course, different stories come from all of the primary persons involved… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"peanut-butter-and-jelly\"<\/a>The Surprisingly Short History of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich<\/a><\/p>\n

The peanut butter and jelly sandwich is such a staple of American childhood these days that it seems like it\u2019s been around, well, forever. In fact, it took a surprisingly long time after all the necessary ingredients were invented for someone to put them together, and several decades more before doing this became popular.\u00a0 In fact, there are people alive today in America who grew up in a world where the PB&J sandwich simply wasn\u2019t well-known at all. *gasp*\u00a0 First, let\u2019s start with the ingredients. Bread… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"scottish\"<\/a>Why \u201cMac\u201d and \u201cMc\u201d Surnames Often Contain a Second Capital Letter<\/a><\/p>\n

The short story is that \u201cMc\u201d and \u201cMac\u201d are prefixes that mean \u201cson of.\u201d Early inconsistencies in records are what led to having both Mc and Mac prefixes. Mc is just an abbreviation of Mac, and both can actually be abbreviated further to the much less common M\u2019. As you might guess from this, the myth that a Mac name denotes Scottish heritage while a Mc name denotes Irish heritage is simply not true. Similarly, the assertion that Mac… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"diet-soda\"<\/a>The Truth About Aspartame and Your Health<\/a><\/p>\n

A quick online search of Aspartame will provide you with numerous opinions about this artificial sweetener. \u00a0Some claim it causes things like cancer, seizures, multiple sclerosis, lupus, memory problems and brain tumors.\u00a0 Just about every governmental organization in the world, regulating food products, have deemed it safe for human consumption. (But, you know, just about every governing body in the world still gets the \u201csodium raises blood pressure\u201d myth wrong<\/a>, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, so let\u2019s not take their word on the whole Aspartame thing!) In an attempt to provide some sanity to the controversy, let\u2019s take an in-depth… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"pope-pius-ii\"<\/a>The Pope Who Wrote a Popular Romance Novel<\/a><\/p>\n

Pope Pius II was born Enea Silvio Piccolomini near Siena, Italy in 1405, one of 18 children. His family was part of the Italian aristocracy, but they had fallen into poverty.\u00a0 Once the future Pope was old enough, he went to university and then began work as a teacher, before becoming a secretary to Cardinal Domenico Capranica in 1431. He was later a follower of the Antipope Felix V and was excommunicated for siding with a man who went against the real Pope\u2019s wishes.\u00a0 Back then, the future Pope Pius II was part of a group that is today known as the Renaissance humanists<\/a>. He also fathered illegitimate children and wrote erotic literature and obscene poetry. Shortly after one of his… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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