Croissants are not French

Hot chocolate

Chocolate was a bitter drink in Mesoamerica for 3,000 years before Europeans added sugar

Sushi

Sushi originally meant fermented fish preserved in rice — the rice was discarded, not eaten

Honey never spoils

Edible honey preserved for 3,000 years in Egyptian tombs

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Chili peppers are native to the Americas

The word 'quarantine' comes from 'quaranta giorni'

Quarantine originates from 'quaranta giorni' — 40 days ships waited in Venice during plague

The capital of Turkey is Ankara, not Istanbul

Ankara, Turkey's capital, was established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923, replacing Istanbul