The discovery of a peculiar chemical effect in the 19th century gave birth to the concepts of catalysts and additives in chemical reactions. It all started with the Swedish chemist Bezelius, who was conducting an experiment in the lab while his wife hosted a birthday banquet for friends and family. Oblivious to the festivities, Bezelius forgot to wash his hands before he poured himself a glass of peach wine. Suddenly, he shouted, "Maria, why do you bring me vinegar to drink!" Maria and the guests were startled, unable to fathom what was happening. Bezelius had discovered that the wine had turned sour, and the small amount of black powder in his wineglass had stained his hands with platinum black, which reacted with the ethanol and oxygen in the wine, producing butyric acetic acid. This reaction is known today as catalysis, which means "to untie" in Greek. Bezelius went on to publish a paper on this discovery in 1836, which laid the foundation for further studies in the field of catalysis and additives in chemical reactions, forever changing the trajectory of modern chemistry.