Drill for a Cure, Ice-cream in the Colosseum & Bitter Carrots

Illustration by- Curiologist

Do you know what Stone-Agers used to cure headaches?

I am sure all of you must have got a headache and what did you use to cure it? A medicine for sure but do you know what a Stone-Ager amight have used? Stone-Agers used to believe that a headache was caused by evil spirits trapped in the head and to make the spirits leave the head they used to peel the scalp back and drill a hole in the head. Most of the victims used to die after this operation but archaeologists have found a man who survived 7 holes like this.

Do you know ice-cream was invented in the 4 century BCE?

Illustration by- Curiologist

All of you must have eaten ice-cream but do you know it was eaten by the Romans too? The origins of ice-cream can be traced back to 4 century BCE Rome. Nero the Roman emperor ordered ice to be brought from the mountains and mixed with fruit toppings. But the ice-cream that we eat today, the one with milk and sugar was brought by Marco Polo in the 13^th century from China. Do you know of any other ancient dish that we eat today?

Do you know that carrots were originally pink in color and bitter?

Illustration by- Curiologist

All of you would have eaten a carrot and can you tell me how it tasted? Sweet but a person living in the Middle Ages would have said bitter! The modern carrots we eat were developed by Dutch farmers in the 16^th and 17^th century and were grown for their aromatic leaves.