Thursday, July 30th, 2009 | Author: admin
Per ounce, Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat as hamburger.
The oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.
Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the worlds almonds.

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Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | Author: admin
Rice paper does not contain one grain of rice - its made from either Rice straw, Bamboo, Hemp, Mulberry leaves, Wingceltis or Gampi.
The original paella was not considered a seafood dish but had chicken, rabbit and pork (and sometimes snails).
Flamingos owe their pink or reddish colour to the rich sources of carotenoid pigments in the algae and small crustaceans that the birds eat.

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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | Author: admin
Lettuce is the only vegetable or fruit which is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh.
Birds eat half their own body weight in food each day! So, why do people say that a poor eater “eats like a bird”?
The Campbell Soup Company reports that they make more pasta stars than there are real stars in the Milky Way.

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Friday, April 17th, 2009 | Author: admin
In Egypt, breakfast is often bought and eaten at a street stall. Usually it is bread wrapped around assorted fried vegetables: eggplant, beans, tomatoes, and peppers.
According to folklore, pretzels were given to children who knew their prayers. The pretzel shape was supposed to signify arms folded across the chest in prayer.
When KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) first translated its advertising slogan “finger lickin’ good” into Chinese, it came out as “eat your fingers off”.

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Monday, March 16th, 2009 | Author: admin
Did you know that Brazil Nuts are only grown in Rain Forests?
The first watermelon in the New World was grown in Massachusetts in 1629!
The Bible mentions Salt more than thirty times.

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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Author: admin
Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 by chef George Crum. They were a mocking response to a patron who complained that his French fries were too thick.
The color of a chile is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.
When ketchup was originally developed by the Chinese in 1690, it contained no tomatoes. It was made out of pickled fish, shellfish, and spices.

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Saturday, January 10th, 2009 | Author: admin
The hamburger was invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.
The hottest pepper in the world is the Habanero.
The pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained.

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