Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
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For clean fruit, fill a bowl with water (or, for bigger batches, use a clean sink), add 1 cup of vinegar, and stir. Add fruit and leave to soak for 10 minutes. The water will be dirty and the fruit will be sparkly clean with no wax or dirty film.
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All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator.
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According to the FDA, it's safe to eat the stickers that are found on fruit; they're actually made out of "edible paper" and the glue is food grade.
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The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat.
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The United kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.
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Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.
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