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David Rosenfeld's avatar

Only when I saw the word “antiscorbutic” in this article did I realize that ascorbic acid got its name because “ascorbic” means “without scurvy”.

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Michael van der Riet's avatar

Coincidentally, Adam Mastroianni (Experimental History) published a story on cassava only a few days ago, in the context of tradition.

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