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Scientists make sourdough bread using yeast found inside 5,000-year-old mummy…
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/05/scientists-sourdough-bread-yeast-strains-mummy
"The harvested yeasts only live in cold conditions so are believed to have entered Ötzi’s body at some point after he died. Genetic analysis suggested they entered his body relatively soon after death." #eatme

Scientists make sourdough bread using yeast found in 5,000-year-old mummy

Team now plans to see if they can use yeast strains harvested from Ötzi the Iceman to brew beer too

The Guardian

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Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪Apr 13

@MissConstrue @evelynefoerster
I've always known, since I was a young child, that I'm destined to be eaten by cats. Each and every palm reader, tarot dealer, soothsayer, fortune-teller, and witch I've ever consulted agree on this. Even a few priests.

🐅 Likely by an escaped tiger (https://www.tiger-garten-waldeck.de/),
although our housecats eating me before my body is discovered is also a high probability outcome... they taste me all the time to see if I'm ready yet.

I'm OK with being "cat food on the hoof."

#CatFoodBoy #EatMe