प्रेट्ज़ेल (en. Pretzel)

About a month into the study, the pistachio group had reduced their BMI by a point and improved their cholesterol and triglyceride levels, while the pretzel-eaters stayed the same.

A day at the ballpark isn't complete without a big, salty pretzel - and there's a pretty good chance that it came from the east.

Just four weeks into the study, the pistachio group had reduced their BMI by a point, while the pretzel-eating group stayed the same, and their cholesterol and triglyceride levels showed improvements as well.

The "good luck" connotation carried the pretzel to other holidays, including New Year's Day, when in Germany children hung pretzels around their necks; pretzels hung on Christmas trees in Austria in the 16th century; and parents hid little pretzels on Easter for children to find, an early version of an Easter egg hunt.

For just four weeks in the study, Pistachio Group had reduced its BMI from one point, whereas the pretzel-eating group remained on it, and their cholesterol and triglyceride levels also improved.

Pretzel was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

According to lore in 1614, a Swiss royal couple used a pretzel in their wedding to seal their bond and some historians believe this is where "tying the knot" came from.