Good News Notes: “A dirt-bike rider from Arvada and a newly-formed pet rescue team helped unite a 15-pound pooch lost in the mountains with the dog’s owner. At about 7:30 p.m. Sunday Summit County dispatch received a 911 call about a missing hiker on the Lenawee Trail in the Peru Creek area, near Montezuma, according…
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The World Is Facing A Natural Vanilla Shortage. This Guy Says He Will Fix That By Producing Vanilla From Corn Fiber
Good News Notes: “The legend says that vanilla was introduced to Europe by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who had seen the Aztec Emperor Montezuma drink his xocolatl (sort of a chocolate drink) with a bit of vanilla. The Mesoamerican flavoring gained massively in popularity in the 19th century, when botanists found a way to hand-pollinate it, which…