An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.
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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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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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White wine gets darker as it ages while red wine gets lighter.
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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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A cauliflower that weighs almost 72.5kg has broken the world record by almost 3kg.
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By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.
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