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In 1907 a professor of chemistry at Tokyo Imperial University named Kikunea Ikeda was eating dinner when he noticed that his broth was particularly delicious. A year later, on July 25, 1908 he determined why. Professor Ikeda had identified a chemical compound that today represents a nearly seven billion dollar industry, and one of the world’s most common, and controversial food additives. The complex history of the sodium salt of gluconic acid called "monosodium glutamate" deserves to be remembered.
Gregor MacGregor's fraud has been widely described as one of the most brazen in history.
I am constantly surprised by the opportunities that have come from being The History Guy. In the end I am just a guy who makes videos in his basement. But an invitation to go to NATO headquarters was unexpected.
