In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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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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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
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If you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
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The United kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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