Week in Review

I learned a few interesting things at work this week and thought I'd share with all our readers.

1) A human can outrun a polar bear (and easily escape on a bike). This topic happened to come up as one of this site's editors is going on a fishing trip to Canada and was worried that a polar bear might eat him. While the polar bear is an excellent swimmer, and you would be dead in the water against one, on land it's a different story. A polar bear weighs on average 660–1320 lbs and can only run a max 25 mph for short distances. Humans FTW.

2) Invert Sugar - Sucrose can be split into its two component sugars (glucose and fructose). This process is called inversion, and the product is called invert sugar. Because this creates very fine sugar crystals, invert sugar is used in making filling or coating for cakes, pastries, and candies which require a smoother product. This was the second ingredient on my pack of sour patch kids after the first ingredient sugar. Since I have started reading labels, I've never heard of such a thing before and while we all know high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is addictive and bad for you, I have to say invert sugar gets +5 experience points.