Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.
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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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In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk on cereal for breakfast.
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The Aztecs were the first to serve chocolate as a drink. They also mixed it with hot chili pepper to make it really 'hot'.
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It takes twelve years of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.
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Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
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English novelist Arnold Bennet drank a glass of water in a Paris Hotel to prove it was safe. He died two months later of Typhoid!
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