Is It True That...? — Season 1, Episode 20: ...Pasta Was Made in Italy?
Documentary • 23 min • 2 seasons, 40 episodes
Episode synopsis
Who doesn't love pasta? It's conquered the world, but Italians love it most. But did they really invent it? We explore its history from ancient China through the Middle Ages to New York and 19th-century Italy. Where was spaghetti born, and why is food always political?
About Is It True That...?
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1...Democracy Was Invented In Greece?
- E2...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever?
- E3...We Used to Work More?
- E4...We Always Believed in God?
- E5...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?
- E6...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure?
- E7...We Used to Die Younger in the Past?
- E8...Hitler Invented the Autobahn?
- E9...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution?
- E10...Bartering Was the First Form of Money?
- E11...Men Have Always Worn Trousers?
- E12...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?