For clean fruit, fill a bowl with water (or, for bigger batches, use a clean sink), add 1 cup of vinegar, and stir. Add fruit and leave to soak for 10 minutes. The water will be dirty and the fruit will be sparkly clean with no wax or dirty film.
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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac.
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It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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