Today in 1869, inventor Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès received the French patent for margarine. The butter substitute is used around the world today, though for a while it was banned in parts of the US. Plus: an explorer accidentally drops his GoPro off the side of a cruise ship and ends up with a kind of candid camera for sea life.
This week in science history: Margarine inventor’s fame spreads (Cosmos via Archive.org)
The Butter Wars: When Margarine Was Pink (National Geographic)
Man Drops GoPro Overboard on Cruise Ship, Captures Incredible Undersea Footage (My Modern Met)
