“An egg shell is an example of surface tension. The chick has to peck open the egg itself, or the chick’s musculature will not operate.”

“Bacteriostatic water contains 0.9% to 1.9% benzyl alcohol, and can irreversibly harm nerves. Its use in hospitals killed thousands of babies. Awareness of benzyl alcohol’s toxicity goes back to 1918 at least; it was proposed as an effective insecticide, and was found to be toxic to many animal systems.”

“The civilisation of a people is based on a small number of fundamental ideas, which determine its institutions, its literature and its arts. These ideas come very slowly into being, and they are also very slow to disappear. Long after their erroneous nature has become clear to cultivated minds, they remain indisputable truths for the masses, and continue to exert their influence on the rank and file of a nation. It is difficult to obtain recognition for a new idea, but it is no less difficult to discredit an idea that has long been generally accepted. Humanity has always been exceeding loth to abandon its decayed ideas and its moribund gods.”

A 21st Century example …

Estrogen is a female hormone.

Or how about …

Omega 3 fatty acids are necessary for your brain.

I dice up two cloves of garlic and mix it with my hard-boiled eggs, baked potatoes, beets, pineapple juice, salt, sugar, mustard, and a pinch of apple cider vinegar, and eat a Japanese sweet potato for dessert.