The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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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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Ice Cream was first made in China!
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The biggest burger in Britain, dubbed the 'Apocalypse Burger', is a mammoth 25,000 calories, weighs 11kg (25lb) and contains £150 (around $233 USD) worth of ingredients.
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Chocolate is lower in caffeine than tea, coffee and coca cola. A one ounce bar of chocolate contains about 6mg of caffeine, whereas a five ounce cup of regular coffee contains over 40mg.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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