Episode 54: Coconut History and the Fruit That Made Bombs
What do The Lion King, Amelia Earhart, World War I explosives, and a hospital IV have in common? Coconuts.
This week on True Crime Culinary, we're cracking open the surprising history of coconuts, starting with a hospital in the Solomon Islands that ran out of IV fluids and turned to coconut water.
From how coconuts travel across oceans to why coconut milk became a staple in cuisines around the world, we explore the fruit's remarkable survival skills. Along the way, we meet enormous coconut crabs linked to a theory about Amelia Earhart's disappearance, a German Guinness World Record holder…
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