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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No 2 cornflakes are identical!
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Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.
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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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It takes twelve years of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.
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Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.
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According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
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