Food and Drink Facts
All kinds of facts about food and drink. Featuring a range of topics, including diet, nutrition, and food tips.
There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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Tabasco sauce is aged in barrels previously used for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
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The Himalayan Goji berry has more iron than steak, more vitamin C than oranges and more beta carotene than carrots.
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You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac.
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Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it.
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50 years ago Cheerios were called Cheerioats.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.
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Chocolate is lower in caffeine than tea, coffee and coca cola. A one ounce bar of chocolate contains about 6mg of caffeine, whereas a five ounce cup of regular coffee contains over 40mg.
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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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The largest box of chocolates contained 90,090 Frango mint chocolates and weighed 3,3226 lbs! It was made by Marshall Field's of Chicago on November 14, 2002.
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In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.
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The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.
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White wine gets darker as it ages while red wine gets lighter.
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Orange juice naturally contains a small amount of alcohol.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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