15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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If you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
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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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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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With two forks and a charge, a pickle will emit light.
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There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade.
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Broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.
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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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