Food and Drink Facts
All kinds of facts about food and drink. Featuring a range of topics, including diet, nutrition, and food tips.
It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.
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It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
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It takes twelve years of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.
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It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg.
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Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
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Lima beans contain cyanide!
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McDonald's salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers!
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Milk is heavier than cream.
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More than 100 pizza box-related patents have been issued since 1976!
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Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.
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Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.
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No 2 cornflakes are identical!
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Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
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Onions have no flavor, only a smell.
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.
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Pancakes are commonly served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Australia.
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Pearls melt in vinegar.
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Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'.
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Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars!
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Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent.
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