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 average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50.
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There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes.
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It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.
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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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Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.
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Pearls melt in vinegar.
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