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And finally, America gets a lot of heat for its love of carbs, but hey, at least our bread is made from normal ingredients like processed sugar and sawdust.
But in Italy, not so much.
Scientists have successfully baked sourdough using yeast taken from Otzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered frozen in the Alps.
Researchers found yeast inside of the ancient mummy's remains.
After months of work, they managed to bring it back to life.
The result, an allegedly tasty loaf of sourdough.
What does it say about Italian scientists that they find a dead body and immediately go, how can we make a focaccia?
This is why I'm not an organ donor.
I don't want a coroner looking at my dead body and thinking, is it cake?
No.
Could it be?
Look, I've done extensive research into Egyptology, which means I have seen the mummy a bunch.
And I don't think we should be with mummies.
We can only ask so much of Brendan Fraser.
He just got his career back.
So you Italians have fun unleashing an ancient evil upon the world, boiling our oceans, destroying our harvests, releasing scarabs into the air, and putting an end to humanity as we know it.
But that is, actually, that could be our problem.
of The Daily Show.
My guest tonight is an actor and producer who stars in the crime thriller, The Get Out.
Please welcome Nina Dobrik.