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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According to the FDA, it's safe to eat the stickers that are found on fruit; they're actually made out of "edible paper" and the glue is food grade.
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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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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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