It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.
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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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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat.
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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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The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.
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Apples are 25% air.
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By 3,000 B.C. there were at least six different types of beer in Egypt.
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