Spinach consumption in the U.S. rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931.
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A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat.
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Milk is heavier than cream.
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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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15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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