The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50.
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Carrots were originally purple. The dutch monarch planted carrot seeds together until the carrots grew orange to match their royal color - The House of Orange. Orange carrots were a symbol of prestige.
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The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat.
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In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
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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 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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Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.
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