Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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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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