25 amazing milk facts you didnt know
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1. Cow nose prints are unique like human finger prints. That means cows can use smart phones, or atleast unlock them.
2. Warm freshsqueezed raw milk has anti-bacterial effect
3. Milk sucks in bad and strong smells, so if you leave a milk open for a day in a fridge full of onion, you can get onion flavoured milk.
4. A good cow makes ~40L of milk a day (in estonia), which comes to 9000 to 12000L of milk a year per cow. And you are proud if you can make 1 email a day lmao
5. Milk used to be made into glue, with the protein Casein
6. Most people have been lactose intolerant in the world for most of history. But despite that, we kept drinking milk so much that some gained tolerance via genetics, that is extra to short term tolerance via bacterial cultures in the body that can help you digest lactose proper.
7. Cleopatra (according to a few sources) took constant milk baths. If you want to feel respected and royal, you know what to do.
8. Milk has Tryptophan in it, which is known to help you get a good sleep, as it is required for the production of melatonin (sleep chemical). It is absolutely OK to drink a glass (or more) of milk before going to bed
9. Add a little salt to milk, and it lasts even longer
10. Humans have drank milk for 8000 years. They will probably drink that even more.
11. Cows dont see red. The Matador's red cape is red for theatrical reasons, and to hide blood stains. The bulls react to the movement of the cloth as a perceived threat, and any color works just as well.
12. England has a yearly cheese hill rally. People throw a cheese wheel down a hill and they fall and chase the cheese wheel.
13. The real milk freezing temp is -0.530C (+- a few % of a C depending on water content of the milk)
14. 4% of all cheese in the world, is stolen.
15. Humans are the only mammal that drink milk actively as an adult. And also the only mammal, that as an adult looked at a cow and went "Yup, i would drink that every day"
16. Cheese vaults are sometimes more guarded than actual money banks. For example, multiple cheese storages in italy holds 250 000 000+€ worth of cheese in it! Invest in cheese
17. Some people are extremely afraid of all milk and milk products. It is called Lactaphobia.
18. Cheeses like Mimolette or Stilton, have (cheese) mites in them. And thats fucking disgusting.
19. A cow calf drinks 4-8 liters of milk a day, which is 10 - 20 % of it's bodyweight
20. One of the more expensive cheeses, is Pule, aka Donkey cheese, at a price of ~1000€/kg. Why is it so expensive? No idea, but they say it is the cheese that makes you young, makes your immune system, and works as a aphrodisiac
21. To make 1KG of cheese, you need 10L of milk.
22. Cows see about 330 degrees at any point, and with a slight head tilt, see the last 30 degrees behind that they dont see naturally. That means, its very difficult to sneak up on a cow, if you want to do that
23. Cheese is one of the most calcium rich foods. That means that cheese pizza (mmm quattro fromaggi) cannot be a unhealthy food.
24. It's one of the many foods that people let go bad, and rancid, so that they can enjoy it later, perhaps years later even.
25. Worlds oldest known cheese is found in china, on the neck of a buried bronze age mummy. Its ~3500 years old and is a mix of cow milk, goat milk, and kefir grains. It was likely that the kefir grains were a gift for the after life, as they were used to kickstart fermentation of cheese.