Question

Constantin Fahlberg ate dinner without first washing his hands. He then discovered __________.

that yeast makes bread rise

that the carbon residue on his hands tasted sweet

a sweetener from the stevia plant

that salmonella causes food poisoning

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GPT-4o mini
Constantin Fahlberg ate dinner without first washing his hands. He then discovered **that the carbon residue on his hands tasted sweet**.

Fahlberg was a chemist who accidentally discovered saccharin, a synthetic sweetener, when he noticed the sweet taste of the residue from his experiments.