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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There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water.
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To burn off one plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field.
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It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
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A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!
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During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
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Milkshakes were originally alcoholic.
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A recent study at Harvard has shown that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer!
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