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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It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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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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It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
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Putting olive oil on salad helps the body absorb nutrients thanks to monounsaturated fats.
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There is a fruit called The Miracle Berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods to taste sweet, and has been used to treat diabetes, among other things.
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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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