Trivia
HardBy Whose Request Was Margarine Invented?
Answer: Napoleon III
If you’re a fan of margarine, then you have none other to thank for the butter-substitute than Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, or Napoleon III, the first elected president of France and the nephew and heir of Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 1869, a butter shortage led Napoleon III to set up a prize to be awarded to the first person who could create a nutritive and shelf-stable fat to replace butter in the larders of French homes and military bases.
A French chemist by the name of Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès won the prize with his mixture of beef tallow and skimmed milk. He called his mixture oleomargarine. Along the way, the name was shortened and we know it today as plain old margarine.
Trivia
HardSteel Salvaged From Scuttled German Military Ships Is Prized For Use In What?
Trivia
HardThe Probability of Death Is Measured In What Units?
Trivia
Very HardThe Nintendo Character Kirby Is Named After A Real Life?
Trivia
HardThe Deadliest Natural Disaster In U.S. History Was A?
Trivia
HardThe Top Grossing Holiday Film Of All Time Is?
Trivia
HardThe Design Of Which Of These Common Office Objects Was Directly Influenced By The Quakers?
Trivia
HardFlorida Prisons Have Helped Solve Crimes By Distributing What To Inmates?
Trivia
HardThe Dendy Was A Soviet Clone Of Which Popular Game Console?
Trivia
HardWhich Of These Weather Phenomena Are Known As “St. Elmo’s Fire”?
Trivia
HardIf You Want To Dig Through The Earth To Get To China, You’d Better Start In?
