Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
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Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.
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It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
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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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Absinthe is a high volume alcoholic drink (up to 89.9% in the UK) which contains a hallucinogenic ingredient called Wormwood and is banned in the United States.
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Broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.
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