Is your food safe to eat? Why your wasabi, vanilla, and honey could be fake

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Hate to break it to you, but your truffle oil wasn't made from truffles. Your vanilla extract? Well, that's probably just a lab-made derivative of crude oil. And your shaker of Parmesan cheese? It probably has wood pulp inside.

A thief suspected of plundering treasures from the British Museum vaults for 20 years is a 'possible case of kleptomania,' police source says

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A police van is seen outside the gates of the British Museum as officers deal with a public disturbance on August 23, 2023 in London, England.
A police van is seen outside the gates of the British Museum as officers deal with a public disturbance on August 23, 2023 in London, England.

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