• there are 7500 different varieties of tomatoes around the world
• the average American eats 28 pigs in a lifetime
• large doses of coffee can be lethal – 100 cups in 4 hours will kill the average human
• mcdonalds and burger king coat their fries in sugar to give them that golden brown color
• The vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.
• Almonds are members of the peach family.
• The first soup was made of hippopotamus
• Apples, potatoes, and onions all taste the same when eaten with your nose plugged.
• When an egg floats in water, it is “off” and should not be eaten.
• The consumption of natural vanilla causes the body to release catecholamines (including adrenalin) – for this reason it is considered to be mildly addictive.
• celery requires more calories to eat and digest than it contains.
• cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
• honey is the only edible food for humans that will never go bad.
• lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
• olive oil has lots of anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory activity to fight rheumatoid arthritis.
• Popsicles were invented by an 11 year old when he left his soda water drink with a stirring stick overnight on his porch.
• pound cake was so named because of its original proportions of 1 lb (500g) each of butter, sugar, and flour.
• avocado has the highest protein and oil content of all fruits, but most of this is the healthier unsaturated type
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