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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Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia.
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Avocados are poisonous to birds.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.
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Honey does not spoil. It has been found in Egyptian pyramids perfectly preserved and still edible.
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The Aztecs were the first to serve chocolate as a drink. They also mixed it with hot chili pepper to make it really 'hot'.
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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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