FOOD FACTS

A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconda of every year for good luck.

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Tablecloths were originally used as a towel to wipe one's fingers & hands after eating.

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The biggest hamburger that was served was 8266 pounds. It was made at the Burger Fest in Seymour, Wisconsin.

FOOD FACTS

Tablecloths were originally used as a towel to wipe one's fingers & hands after eating.

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All members of the Roman Empire were vegetarians until Julius Caesar's reign.

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Bananas are a natural cure for diarrhea.

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One bushel of corn produces enough corn syrup to sweeten 324 cans of cola.

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Research shows that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the U.S. include vegetables.

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Wine is composed of water, alcohol, various pigments, esters, some vitamins & minerals, acids & tannins. It does not remain in a constant state & is continually changing.

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Hard-boiled eggs spin faster than fresh eggs.

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In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken,for every man, woman & child in the U.S.

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Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

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Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons.

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The Aztec word for avocado was "ahuacatl" which means "testicle tree".

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Eating an apple cleanses one's teeth almost as well as teeth-brushing.

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Hot drinks do not raise body temperature.

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7-UP  was named for it's original size (7 oz) & for the phrase "bottoms up."

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The vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

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In 1996, 7-Eleven coined the term "brain freeze". The word was developed to explain the feeling people get when drinking a Slurpee.

FOOD FACTS

Explorer Robert Peary carried Quaker Oats to the North Pole, and explorer Admiral Richard Byrd carried Quaker Oats to the South Pole.