Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Movie popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon.
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Ice Cream was first made in China!
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Glucose (sugar) has an opposite “handed” isomer L-glucose that tastes identical and isn't metabolized as sugar, so it's safe for diabetics. Unfortunately, L-glucose costs 50% more than gold.
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Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence after consumption.
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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