Just Some Things About Food You Can Impress Your Friends With, And Other Things You’d Like To Forget

Lettuce Was A Sex Symbol In Ancient Egypt

Lettuce was connected to the ancient god of fertility, Min, and for thousands of years was used as an aphrodisiac rather than in your lunch salad. It’s believed that lettuce was connected to fertility because of the phallus shape it resembled.

Greek and Roman’s also saw lettuce as having more than just burger-topping capabilities. They believed it would help people sleep. Sadistic Roman ruler Domitian would even serve lettuce to guests at a dinner party and apparently watch them struggle to stay awake.