Manna – a story by Marshall Brain
Manna
Btw, the author happens to be the founder of howstuffworks.com
Check out his personal home page which goes on to several other links as well.
(thanks to Anand Shastri for the link)
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Solid write-up, thanks for sharing. Noting this reference here as well for anyone else researching the same thing: https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/gempak99cc/diary/202609200002/