According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
6
If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously.
80
Absinthe is a high volume alcoholic drink (up to 89.9% in the UK) which contains a hallucinogenic ingredient called Wormwood and is banned in the United States.
93
Pearls melt in vinegar.
109
It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg.
87
Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
13
Contrary to popular belief, plastic cutting boards are more likely to harbor bacteria than wood ones. New plastic boards are easier to clean, but ones with cuts are nearly impossible to completely disinfect, whereas wood ones absorb and kill bacteria, regardless of age or use.
13