Contrary to popular belief, plastic cutting boards are more likely to harbor bacteria than wood ones. New plastic boards are easier to clean, but ones with cuts are nearly impossible to completely disinfect, whereas wood ones absorb and kill bacteria, regardless of age or use.
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For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier.
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Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.
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An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.
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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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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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