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    1865 Canned Food, Still Safe to Eat
    1865 Canned Food, Still Safe to Eat
    In 1974, canned food from a boat that sank in 1865 was tested by chemists and was found to be still safe to eat.
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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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    It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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    McDonald's
    McDonald's
    Every day, 1% of the world's population is served at McDonald's.
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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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    A raw oyster is likely still alive when you eat it.
    A raw oyster is likely still alive when you eat it.
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    A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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