Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
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Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is also found in Prozac.
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It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.
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Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
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Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent.
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There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
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If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top.
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