@callcress on Instagram: "Calories Were First Counted in a Connecticut Laboratory #connecticut #nutrition #history 130 years ago in Connecticut, Wilbur Olin Atwater built a sealed room to measure every breath and bit of heat a person produced. His human calorimeter proved our bodies turn food into energy like an engine burns fuel. Atwater’s research introduced the concept of calories and shaped the USDA nutrition charts we know today. Hat tip to Today in Connecticut History for the idea! Photo C

JimyOfficial  on Instagram: "Some Crazy #connecticut history  First African American Private School in the state  still standing to this day  I never Ct banned Black Law in 1833 ‍♂️ Wow #history #newengland #blackhistorymonth"