Carrots were originally purple. The dutch monarch planted carrot seeds together until the carrots grew orange to match their royal color - The House of Orange. Orange carrots were a symbol of prestige.
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Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.
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Apples are actually part of the rose family.
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Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
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In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton, and a cottage cheese like substances are popular pizza toppings.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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Pumpkin rule of thumb: the darker the shell, the longer the pumpkin lasts.
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Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie.
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