Shirako is milt, or to put it bluntly, the sperm sacs and the accompanying semen of male fish. The little sacs of semen are considered a delicacy in Japan. 🤮
FUGU (Pufferfish)found in Japan,has been called the gastronomic equivalent of playing Russian roulette. It's extremely expensive and only prepared by trained, licensed chefs who know that one bad cut means almost certain death. It contains one of the world's most potent toxins, Tetrodotoxin.
Virgin boy wee eggs. These eggs are made by being cooked in the urine of young boys. Every year in spring, urine is collected from prepubescent boys in China and used to soak and boil the eggs for consumption.
🥴🤧 Wachina hamna huruma, mikojo pia? 😂
Dragon-tiger-phoenix soup is an affluent man’s exotic slurp. The Chinese pay a premium for this snake and chicken soup with generous amounts of the civet cat, yeah that's right, paka miaoo! 🤣
All almonds contain some level of cyanide, but the sweet almonds found in your average grocery store don't have enough to be dangerous. Bitter almonds found in the wild, do.
Corporal Jackie was a baboon in the South African army during World War I. He was made their mascot when his owner was drafted into war, and would not leave Jackie at home. After the war, Jackie was given the rank of corporal, and the Pretoria Citizens Service Medal.
Abang Adek in Jakarta, Indonesia possibly makes the spiciest noodles 🍜 in the world at 20 million Scoville Heat Units. 🔥 🔥 🔥
NB;walaji wa pilipili, hapa hamtoshi! 🤣
Starting at $300 per pound Kopi Luwak is known as the world's rarest, smoothest, most flavorful, and most expensive coffee. Only 500 pounds of these beans are produced each YEAR in Indonesia.
The Three-Light Traffic Light, Invented by Garrett Morgan in 1923 With only an elementary school education. He was a black inventor (and son of an enslaved parent).
BLOOD BANK- The idea of a blood bank was pioneered by Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950). Dr. Drew was an African-American medical doctor and surgeon who started the idea of a blood bank and a system for the long term preservation of blood plasma.