If you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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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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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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One jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds throughout the world.
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