Stephanie Lyon: The origin of coffee is believed to be in the "ancient land of Abyssinia" which is currently known as Ethiopia, Africa. ☕
Ashley May: The fossil of a lizard-like creature known as the Megachirella wachtleri was found in northern Italy's Dolomites mountain range in the early 2000s. Recently, researchers determined the fossil was 240 million years old. 🦎
Jennifer: Arroz con Pollo originated in Spain and was later embraced and adapted across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Judith R. Baskin: ABLUTION (Heb. טְבִילָה; "immersion"), act of washing performed to correct a condition of ritual impurity and restore the impure to a state of ritual purity. Ablution is common to most ancient religions. Shintoists, Buddhists, and Hindus all recognize ablution as part of their ritual practice and there is ample evidence concerning its role in ancient Egypt and Greece (Herodotus, 2:37; Hesiod, Opera et Dies, 722). In varying forms ablution is important to Christianity and Islam as well;
