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31 Little-Known Facts About Food

Time to enjoy some deliciously weird facts about some of our favorite delicacies

31 Little-Known Facts About Food

September 20, 2023

Our food is full of eyebrow-arching facts. Some of these facts are well-known, while others may be new to you. But all of them are interesting and worth knowing. So without further ado, here are some eyebrow-raising facts about what we put in our stomachs…

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Coffee doesn't taste as good as it smells because salivia wipes away the flavor. 300 of the 631 chemicals involved in forming the coffee scent are digested or changed by saliva. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Telegraph

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Although Macarons were popularized in France, they're originally from Italy. Catherine de' Medici's Italian pastry chefs are believed to have brought the recipe over when she married the Duc d'Orleans. CRACKED.COM — 29 Backstories To The Food We Love

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Food companies use green labels to give you the illusion that their food is healthy. - as what's inside... - SUN - Cheesiels - CALORIES TOTAL FAT SAT. FAT SUGARS UNITED CONSCILLATE, Se 250 - - - - NATIONAL FLAVOR) 12g 4.5g 27g 120mg - - Calcium (4%DV). Irem 23%594 6 adidas Total Garb, 33g (11 One example of such an exploit is the use of green labels for the caloric count of food. Research has shown that people perceive food with a green label as a healthier option over those with red and white labels, although the calorie content — 17 Sneaky Industry Tricks To Make Food More Appealing

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If you eat too much meat that only has protein, you'll eventually die. Apparently, the liver can only process so much protein at once - so you need to add lots of fat, or you'll undergo protein poisoning AKA rabbit starvation. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Discover Magazine

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The first PB&J recipe dates back to 1901. Julia David Chandler included a recipe for PB&J finger sandwiches in The Boston Cooking School Magazine. CRACKED.COM — Bon Appetit

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AIRLINE FOOD IN THE 1960S E Back then, flying was a rarity, so the airline market was very competitive. Airlines served full meals, some had a dessert station, and they offered free unlimited booze to keep their passengers entertained. GRAGKED.COM — 22 Foods That Have Changed And Morphed Over Time

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In 1910, the United Kingdom called oysters the world's most important industry. Everyone ate them - and street sellers would, say, hawk two dozen at a time to groups of servants who were having a night off. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Standard.co.uk

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Salad carries more health risks than meat. Because vegetables are grown in the soil, they are exposed to pathogens that can only be killed by cooking them or really strong detergents, And salad is supposed to be raw. GRACKED.COM — 19 Facts About Food We'd Bet Anything You Didn't Know

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When you bite into a fig, you run the risk of eating a dead wasp. Wasps lay eggs in inedible male figs, but they sometimes get stuck and die in the female figs you see in the grocery store. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — How Stuff Works

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European chocolate is smoother, richer, and creamier than American chocolate. Milka :Choco Sticks: Milka MILK Kuhltechen - Milka 250km Kabiled - NATURAL Wilson Schokabida Weirer OREO Milka makes - ORIO It usually has about four times as much Ganze Hascinüsse Ganze Haseinüsse Whele - cocoa and has no butyric acid, the source of Hershey's sour, cheesy flavor. CRACKED.COM — These 20 Killer Overseas Food & Drinks Crush America's

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95% of U.S. avocadoes can be traced to a single tree planted in 1926. The Hass avocado, which makes up 95% of the U.S. market, is descended from a seedling planted in 1926 by postman Rudolf Hass. It's probably the only avocado you've ever eaten. GRACKED.COM — 17 Weird Facts About Food Maybe Someone Knows, Maybe Not

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Ice cream actually warms you up. X Your body heats up a little bit when digesting the fat content of ice cream. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — 21 Mistakes You're Making About Food You Eat

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Cheesecake came before cream cheese. The roots of cheesecake can be traced back to ancient Greece. Instead of using cream cheese, the Greeks simply pounded cheese to achieve a pasty consistency. Cream cheese came centuries later in 1872. CRACKED.COM — 29 Backstories To The Food We Love

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Your Whiskey May Contain Up To 2.5% Caramel Coloring It's legal for American whiskies to contain up to 2.5% caramel coloring it's this which gives your whiskey that aged brown color that is liked so much. CRACKED COM — 17 Sneaky Industry Tricks To Make Food More Appealing

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A burger can contain the meat of many COWS - even dozens and dozens. It's very rare to get a burger with meat from just one cow, because that's way too expensive. And McD's burgers, say, have meat from over 100 cows. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Washington Post

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Peanut butter has to be 90% peanuts If it's a lower percentage, in the United States, it legally has to be labeled as peanut spread. CRACKED.COM — The Atlantic

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GRACKED.COM M M M happy A MOI L لله NUM 19 MILKE M M DE - The portion size of fries in McDonald's Happy Meals are 1.3 ounces smaller now than they were a few decades ago. They shrunk to promote healthier eating in children. — 22 Foods That Have Changed And Morphed Over Time

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Roquefort cheese is made in damp caves in France owned by one of 7 companies. They add Penicillium roqueforti mold spores (there are over 700 varieties) to the cheese there, which create the characteristic blue spots. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — France Today

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CRACKED.COM Coffee Carbon dioxide is used to decaffeinate your coffee! — 19 Facts About Food We'd Bet Anything You Didn't Know

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Someone smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space. The astronaut got in trouble, but the sandwich is now in a museum. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Smithsonian Mag

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CRACKED COM EVER TASTED A 'ROLEX'? In Uganda a Rolex is a delicious on-the-go food made by wrapping an egg omelette, vegetables and other fillings in a chapati (fried Indian flatbread). — These 20 Killer Overseas Food & Drinks Crush America's

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CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA: INDIAN CURRY DISH In reality the dish was created in Britain to suit the more Western palate GRACKED.COM — 17 Weird Facts About Food Maybe Someone Knows, Maybe Not

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Strawberries as we know them don't occur in nature. The hybrid of the Virginia wild strawberry and the Chilean beach strawberry was invented in France in the 18th century. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NVSUK

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Pozole, a traditional Mexican stew, has origins in cannibalism. Pre-Hispanic people prepared it with the flesh of human sacrifices during festivals. The tradition of making pozole on special occasions survives, just with pork instead. CRACKED.COM — 29 Backstories To The Food We Love

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CRACKED.COM add Our brain associates quality with weight, and for that reason wine bottlers often use thicker-than-necessary glass and deeper punts to give even mediocre wines the illusion of quality. — 17 Sneaky Industry Tricks To Make Food More Appealing

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A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat (and other mammal products). It took scientists a decade to pin down the cause of what's called alpha-gal allergy and makes you allergic even to, say, a wool sweater. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — RSB

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Strawberries don't have seeds on the outside. What are often assumed as seeds are actually achenes, which are technically fruits with a single seed inside. CRACKED.COM — Science World

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CHOCOLATE WASN'T ALWAYS SWEET AND SOLID The history of chocolate goes back at least 2000 years, and back then it was a bitter drink. Chocolate as we know it didn't exist until late 19th century. CRACKED.COM — 22 Foods That Have Changed And Morphed Over Time

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An 18-inch pizza is more than twice as large as a 12-inch pizza. Four square feet more, to be precise. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — CalculateMe.com

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In the United Kingdom, TACO BELL sells a dessert item called the CHOCOMARSH MELT. Think of the Crunchwrap Willy Wonka would make. Instead of beef, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese, it's filled with melty marshmallow and chocolate. CRACKED COM — These 20 Killer Overseas Food & Drinks Crush America's

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Sausages are older than the Bible. The first written mention of sausages is in 4,000-year-old texts from the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia. GRACKED.COM — 17 Weird Facts About Food Maybe Someone Knows, Maybe Not

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