If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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It takes twelve years of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.
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The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
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