you feed it. it feeds you. you’ve known it since forever. it has existed far before you have and will outlive you for eons, but for now, it is your friend, and it lives in a jar in your kitchen cupboard.
me every time i take a sip of my cappuccino: do they know it’s called cappuccino because the color is similar to the sackcloth worn by capuchin friars (cappuccini). do they know capuchin friars got their name from the hood (cappuccio) they wear. do they know cappuccino is a double diminutive as it comes from capo (‘robe’) + uccio = cappuccio ('hood’ but literally 'little robe’) + ino = cappuccino ('tiny hood’ but literally 'tiny little robe’). do they know
i learned that cicada’s wings have an anti-bacterial surface that kills bacteria not by chemicals, but by using a nanopattern made of nano pillars that shreds the bacterial membrane (x)
