THE FOOD AND DRINK SERIES

The Stories Behind
What We Eat and Drink

Currency, medicine, obsession, and revolution — the foods and drinks that shaped human history are stranger than you think.

The Factology Guru Food and Drink Series digs into the origin, science, and cultural history of the world's most iconic foods and drinks. Each book delivers 100 verified facts drawn from culinary history, agricultural records, trade routes, and food science research. Not recipes. Not opinion. The documented truth about the things on your plate and in your glass that changed the world. New titles added regularly.

The Collection
100 Facts About Coffee
100 Facts About Coffee
The Most Popular Drug on Earth
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100 Facts About Chocolate
100 Facts About Chocolate
It Was Currency Before It Was Candy
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100 Facts About Honey
100 Facts About Honey
The Only Food That Never Expires
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100 Facts About Salt
100 Facts About Salt
Wars Were Fought Over This
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100 Facts About Sugar
100 Facts About Sugar
The Sweetest Poison in History
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100 Facts About Beer
100 Facts About Beer
Older Than Bread and Just as Important
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100 Facts About Wine
100 Facts About Wine
Ten Thousand Years in a Glass
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100 Facts About Cheese
100 Facts About Cheese
The Most Stolen Food on the Planet
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100 Facts About Bread
100 Facts About Bread
The Food That Built Civilization
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100 Facts About Pizza
100 Facts About Pizza
How a Peasant Dish Conquered the World
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100 Facts About Hot Sauce
100 Facts About Hot Sauce
The Science Behind the Burn
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100 Facts About Ice Cream
100 Facts About Ice Cream
The Coldest Obsession in Human History
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100 Facts About Tea
100 Facts About Tea
The Drink That Changed the World
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100 Facts About Sushi
100 Facts About Sushi
Not What You Think It Is
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100 Facts About Mushrooms
100 Facts About Mushrooms
Neither Plant Nor Animal and Stranger Than Both
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100 Facts About Olive Oil
100 Facts About Olive Oil
Liquid Gold Since Ancient Greece
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100 Facts About Eggs
100 Facts About Eggs
The Most Perfect Food Ever Designed
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100 Facts About Bananas
100 Facts About Bananas
The World's Most Complicated Fruit
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100 Facts About Chili Peppers
100 Facts About Chili Peppers
Your Brain Thinks You're on Fire
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100 Facts About Butter
100 Facts About Butter
From Sacred Offering to Breakfast Staple
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100 Facts About Whiskey
100 Facts About Whiskey
Water of Life and Liquid History
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100 Facts About Pasta
100 Facts About Pasta
Italy Didn't Invent It and That's Just the Beginning
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100 Facts About Bacon
100 Facts About Bacon
The Most Obsessed Over Food in Human History
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100 Facts About Garlic
100 Facts About Garlic
Medicine, Magic and the World's Most Powerful Ingredient
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100 Facts About Rum
100 Facts About Rum
Pirates, Revolutions and the Most Notorious Drink Ever Made
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100 Facts About Hamburgers
100 Facts About Hamburgers
The Sandwich Nobody Wanted to Claim
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100 Facts About Kimchi
100 Facts About Kimchi
Older Than Most Civilizations Still Standing
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100 Facts About Tequila
100 Facts About Tequila
The Sacred Cactus Juice of Mexico
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100 Facts About Pretzels
100 Facts About Pretzels
Baked by Monks, Eaten by Everyone
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100 Facts About Vodka
100 Facts About Vodka
The Drink That Fueled a Revolution
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100 Facts About Avocados
100 Facts About Avocados
The Ancient Fruit That Almost Vanished
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100 Facts About Croissants
100 Facts About Croissants
Not Actually French and Never Was
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100 Facts About Spam
100 Facts About Spam
The Tin That Conquered the Pacific
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100 Facts About Gin
100 Facts About Gin
The Medicine That Destroyed a City
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100 Facts About Popcorn
100 Facts About Popcorn
Five Thousand Years Before the Movies
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100 Facts About Tacos
100 Facts About Tacos
Street Food That Defeated an Empire
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100 Facts About Maple Syrup
100 Facts About Maple Syrup
Canada's Liquid Gold and Dark Secret
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100 Facts About Bourbon
100 Facts About Bourbon
Born in Kentucky, Claimed by Everyone
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100 Facts About Ketchup
100 Facts About Ketchup
It Started as a Chinese Fish Sauce
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100 Facts About Champagne
100 Facts About Champagne
The Accidental Explosion in a Bottle
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100 Facts About Curry
100 Facts About Curry
The Dish That Does Not Exist
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100 Facts About Absinthe
100 Facts About Absinthe
The Green Fairy Was Never the Problem
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100 Facts About Mustard
100 Facts About Mustard
Rome's Favorite Weapon at the Table
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100 Facts About Caviar
100 Facts About Caviar
The Fish Egg That Built an Empire
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100 Facts About Cinnamon
100 Facts About Cinnamon
Wars Were Fought Over This Bark
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100 Facts About Worcestershire Sauce
100 Facts About Worcestershire Sauce
Nobody Knows What's Actually In It
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100 Facts About Doughnuts
100 Facts About Doughnuts
The Fried Ring That Won Two Wars
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100 Facts About Vanilla
100 Facts About Vanilla
The World's Second Most Expensive Spice
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100 Facts About Peanut Butter
100 Facts About Peanut Butter
Invented for People With No Teeth
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100 Facts About Hot Dogs
100 Facts About Hot Dogs
America's Favorite Mystery Meat
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