- Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
- To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, travelling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.
- An ounce of chocolate contains about 20 mg of caffeine.
- There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
- Each American eats approximately 22 pounds of tomatoes yearly. Over ½ of the tomato consumption is in the form of catsup and sauce.
- Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite.
- A family of four could live for 10 years from the bread produced by one acre of wheat.
- The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is approximately 9000 years old!
- Half of the world's population live on a staple diet of rice.
- Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
- 1.5 billion cups of tea are enjoyed throughout the world every day.
- In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year.
- Approximately one billion snails are served in restaurants annually.
- Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.
- 75% of fish caught are eaten - the rest is used to make things such as glue, soap, margarine and fertilizer.
- Over the last 40 years food production actually increased faster than population...
- The average person eats almost 1500 lbs of food in a year.
- Carrots have zero fat content
- Carrots were first cultivated in Afghanistan in the 7th century, and they started with yellow flesh and a purple exterior.
- Chocolate is the number one foodstuff flavour in the world, beating both vanilla and banana.
- Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness.
- The amount of pizza eaten each day in the USA measures between 75 -100 acres.
- Found on the seal of a bag of bagels: New and Improved - Made the old fashioned way.
Now you must be asking yourself: 'Do I really need to know all that?'
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