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.
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The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she graduates from high school.
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In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
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Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.
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Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell.
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Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie.
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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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Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.
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