Why Does Asparagus Make Your Pee Smell?

Hungry for some fascinating food facts? A collection of tasty trivia on champagne bubbles, the perils of pufferfish, and more.

Enjoy some culinary Q&As that enlighten you about the chemistry behind a variety of foods—delivered with colorful graphics and easy-to-understand scientific explanations. Learn:

• Why bacon smells so good

• Why onions make you cry

• If eating turkey really makes you sleepy

• If mixing drinks makes a hangover worse

• How energy drinks work

• Why chocolate is poisonous to dogs

• Why coffee makes you more wired than tea

• Why cilantro tastes soapy to some people, and much more