Ten Funny Food Facts - To Give You Fodder For Thought ~
1) Apple is made of 25% air, that is why they float.
2) Avocado has the highest protein and oil content of all fruits.
3) Carrots were originally purple in colour, changing in the 17th Century to orange with newer varieties.
4) Celery requires more calories to eat and digest than it contains.
5) Cherries are a member of the rose family.
6) Corn always has an even number of ears. It only makes up about 8% of the weight in a box of corn flakes.
7) Honey is the only edible food for humans that will never go bad.
8) Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
9) Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
10) Pear is a fruit that ripens from the inside out.
11) Eggplants (aubergine) are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries.
12) Orange does not rhyme with any other word.
13) Peanuts are legumes [vegetables] and not a tree nut.
14) Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
15) Pear is a fruit that ripens from the inside out.
16) Strawberries are the only fruit which has its seeds on its outer skin.
17) American's eat about 18 billion hot dogs a year.
18) Every time you lick a stamp you gain 1/10 of a calorie.
19) It takes around 10 litres of milk to make 1kg of cheese.
20) Did you know that during a lifetime the average person eats about 35 tons of food? Quite a thought!!
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