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

Question

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

Answer 1

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.