May 13, 2026
Before modern refrigeration, some Russians and Finns used a novel folk method to keep milk from spoiling: dunk a live frog in it. Scientists have since discovered that Russian frogs (and likely other species) secrete certain antibacterial peptides from their skin that, among other things, slow the spoiling of milk.
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Why Did Adult Humans Start Drinking Milk?
Most adult humans around the world are lactose-intolerant, meaning that, once they were weaned from breast milk, they gradually lost the ability to consume animal milk and certain other dairy products without having digestive problems. However, the majority of people of European descent, especially
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