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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Bananas aren't fruit! They are a type of herb.
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A recent study at Harvard has shown that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer!
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No 2 cornflakes are identical!
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Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.
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Rubber is one of the ingredients in bubble gum.
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If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top.
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Apples are 25% air.
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Apples are actually part of the rose family.
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Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.
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Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life.
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Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie.
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Worcestershire Sauce is basically an Anchovy ketchup.
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Bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis, and leprosy can be cured with cashews.
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Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
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There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water.
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Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!
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It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
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Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars!
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Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.
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