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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Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.
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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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Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.
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Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
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Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie.
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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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Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
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