Is anyone else feeling hungry? Just me, hmm… well, these food and drink facts are gonna leave you hungry (or thirsty) for more!
Here at The Fact Site, we have rounded up the most interesting facts about your favorite foods or beverages, and you can see them all right here!
From strange fruit & vegetables to your favorite dairy products, these fun facts should please your appetite.
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Food & Drink Facts
Several of the “Real Facts” on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect, or exaggerated.
In 1896, bars in New York often served the same sandwich to different customers all day as a loophole to avoid laws that required them to serve meals with alcohol sales.
In the 1980s, Pringles’ founder, Fredric Baur, requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.
On average, apples sold in supermarkets are already 9-12 months old. They are picked unripe, treated with chemicals, waxed and boxed, then kept in cold storage.
After selling KFC, Colonel Sanders still made surprise visits to franchises to check the quality and would call them out if the gravy was not up to his standards.
Cotton Candy grapes are a naturally bred hybrid that took over eight years to develop by crossbreeding grape varieties to achieve a flavor similar to cotton candy.
Fruit stickers can be eaten without causing serious harm, but they are not considered edible. It is recommended to remove them and wash the fruit before eating.
Flights can sometimes be delayed by something as small as a broken coffee machine, since safety rules require all onboard equipment to be working before takeoff.
Apple seeds and the pits of cherries, apricots, and peaches contain cyanide, but you’d need to consume a large quantity for it to make you sick or be harmful.
Thomas Sullivan’s 1908 tea samples came in silk bags, which customers put in hot water to brew tea, leading to the accidental invention of the tea bag.
In the 1875 Dublin whiskey fire, 13 people died not from the flames but from alcohol poisoning after whiskey from burning warehouses flooded the streets and was drunk by residents.
The Milky Way bar exists in two versions. The global version is sold as 3 Musketeers in the United States, and the U.S. version is sold internationally as the Mars bar.
Early Orange Crush had orange pulp added during bottling to give the soda the appearance of freshly squeezed juice.
In Japan, some vending machines provide free drinking water and beverages during natural disasters, such as earthquakes or typhoons.
Taco Bell made a commercial featuring 25 people actually named “Ronald McDonald,” all of whom endorsed their brand.
In 1889, Margherita pizza was crafted to honor Queen Margherita, using ingredients that symbolize the Italian flag’s colors: tomato, mozzarella, and basil.
Eating bananas near bee hives may provoke aggression, as the banana scent resembles an alarm pheromone bees release when defending the hive.
As many as 60,000 British people are hospitalized yearly from “wrap rage” accidents while trying to open food packaging.
