There’s also the possibility these stories are just folklore, and there was some non-serendipitous way the chemicals were discovered, but people had more fun presenting it as if it were serendipitous.
Sure, all these stories totally sound like urban legends, but the sweeteners are out there and I don’t see how they could have been discovered otherwise (unless they were covertly screening drugs on a large number of people).
There’s also the possibility these stories are just folklore, and there was some non-serendipitous way the chemicals were discovered, but people had more fun presenting it as if it were serendipitous.
Sure, all these stories totally sound like urban legends, but the sweeteners are out there and I don’t see how they could have been discovered otherwise (unless they were covertly screening drugs on a large number of people).