The Atlas Obscura Podcast
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
The Museum of Yogurt
16 minutes Posted Nov 19, 2025 at 5:05 am.
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In 1905, a Bulgarian named Stamen Grigorov made a discovery. Inspired by a wave of researchers studying the secret to long life, he decided to put under the microscope a food that he ate daily: yogurt. Today, the Bulgarian bacteria he found is memorialized in a one-of-a-kind museum in his hometown. 


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