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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Coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.
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It takes twelve years of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.
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The biggest burger in Britain, dubbed the 'Apocalypse Burger', is a mammoth 25,000 calories, weighs 11kg (25lb) and contains £150 (around $233 USD) worth of ingredients.
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Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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Nachos were actually invented by a guy named Nacho. Happy Nacho Day!
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There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!
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Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
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