What is the history of ink?

Have you ever wondered what is actually inside your pen? Today, we are time-traveling to uncover the messy, wild, and incredibly sticky story of ink! Without this humble liquid, we would have forgotten almost everything humans ever did. Join Mira and Finn as we travel back 4,500 years to ancient Egypt and China, where the very first ink was made out of scraped chimney dirt and tree sap! Then, shiver in a freezing medieval monastery where monks spent whole years hand-copying books using a magical ink made from wasp nests and oak apples that changed colors right before their eyes. You won't believe what people did for a pop of color! Discover how ancient kings crushed 10,000 predatory sea snails just to make a single drop of purple dye, and how ancient Romans chased octopuses to use their defensive spray to write things down! Finally, meet Johannes Gutenberg in the 1400s, who boiled up a sticky, oily recipe that made his famous printing press work and changed the world forever. Grab your favorite pen and get ready for a colorful history adventure!