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Per ounce, Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat as hamburger. | |
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The oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old. | |
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Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the worlds almonds. | |
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 | Author: admin
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | Author: admin
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Rice paper does not contain one grain of rice - its made from either Rice straw, Bamboo, Hemp, Mulberry leaves, Wingceltis or Gampi. | |
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The original paella was not considered a seafood dish but had chicken, rabbit and pork (and sometimes snails). | |
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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
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Lettuce is the only vegetable or fruit which is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. | |
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Birds eat half their own body weight in food each day! So, why do people say that a poor eater “eats like a bird”? | |
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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
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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
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Did you know that Brazil Nuts are only grown in Rain Forests? | |
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The first watermelon in the New World was grown in Massachusetts in 1629! | |
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The Bible mentions Salt more than thirty times. | |
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Author: admin
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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. | |
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The color of a chile is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is. | |
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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
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The hamburger was invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast. | |
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The hottest pepper in the world is the Habanero. | |
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The pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained. | |
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