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    Chicken-Tasting Mushroom
    Chicken-Tasting Mushroom
    There's a mushroom that tastes like chicken and grows in the wild throughout much of the world.
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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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    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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    Red, Yellow, and Orange Stimulate Appetite
    The colors red, yellow and orange are not recommended for use in kitchens if you're trying to lose weight as they are known to stimulate appetite.
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    Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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    A cauliflower that weighs almost 72.5kg has broken the world record by almost 3kg.
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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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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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