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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Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence after consumption.
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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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An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.
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Ice Cream was first made in China!
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