Then Fahlberg had a revelation. “It flashed on me that I was the cause of the singular universal sweetness,” he related. “And I accordingly tasted the end of my thumb and found [that] it surpassed any confectionery I had ever eaten.” The chemist also deduced that, as he had inadvertently spilled a chemical during his research that day, this substance must have made its way onto his own hands – and then the bread.
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