The difference between ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt, and frozen custard is the ingredients used and how each is made. ICE CREAM Ice cream is usually made from milk, cream,…
The new car smell comes from the outgassing (aka off-gassing) of volatile organic compounds (aka VOCs) being released from the new plastic, vinyl, etc. inside a new car. The five…
Ammonia is made by something called the Haber process which combines nitrogen from the air with hydrogen derived mainly from a natural gas such as methane. This process was discovered by the…
Topping off your gas tank (aka gas topping) is not a good idea for mechanical, environmental, and financial reasons. Any gas you put in your car after the handle clicks…
Humans are both red meat and white meat. It depends on what muscle the meat is coming from. The main determining factor of meat color is its concentration of a protein called myoglobin. Within muscle fibers, myoglobin stores and transfers oxygen from the blood to the cellular machinery.
The “Q” in Q-tips stands for quality, and the “tips” describes the cotton swab at the end of the rod/stick. Q-tip is a product name for the world’s most popular…
Tylenol, Advil, Bayer, Aleve, Motrin, Excedrin, Bufferin, Midol, etc. are company and product names. Acetaminophen (a.k.a paracetamol), ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, and aspirin are the active ingredients in these products. The active…
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar (Coke Zero Sugar) is the successor to the now discontinued Coca-Cola Zero (Coke Zero). Its selling point is it’s supposed to taste closer to regular Coca-Cola (Coke)…
There is no therapeutic difference between prescription ibuprofen and over-the-counter (OTC) ibuprofen other than strength. OTC ibuprofen pills are 200 mg while the prescription pills are 800 mg. You should…
Labeling meat as uncured is mainly a regulatory quirk and marketing gimmick created by a consumer demand to eat healthier and consume fewer chemicals in general. Curing is the process…
