Food and Drink Facts

    Food and Drink Facts

    All kinds of facts about food and drink. Featuring a range of topics, including diet, nutrition, and food tips.

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    Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
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    India's richest person, Mukesh Ambani, built a $1 billion home. It has 27 habitable floors, including six parking floors with a capacity to hold up to 168 cars. 600 staff maintain the home.
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    Movie popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon.
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    Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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    A raw oyster is likely still alive when you eat it.
    A raw oyster is likely still alive when you eat it.
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    Mangoes enhance a marijuana high, allowing users to get ‘higher’ more effectively.
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    There is a fruit by the name of Black Sapote or “chocolate pudding fruit” which tastes like chocolate pudding and is actually low fat and has about “4 times as much vitamin C as an orange”.
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    Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were originally considered a delicacy, only enjoyed by those of the upper class.
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    Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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    Putting olive oil on salad helps the body absorb nutrients thanks to monounsaturated fats.
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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    If you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
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    NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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    In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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    US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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    Diet Soda Mixed With Alcohol Gets You Drunk Faster
    According to the Northern Kentucky University, mixing diet soda rather than normal soda with alcohol leads to faster intoxication.
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    Coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.
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    According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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    Milt, the Fish Sperm Delicacy
    Milt, known as a delicacy around the world, is actually fish sperm.
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    The biggest burger in Britain, dubbed the 'Apocalypse Burger', is a mammoth 25,000 calories, weighs 11kg (25lb) and contains £150 (around $233 USD) worth of ingredients.
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