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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
Hubba Bubba released a bubble gum-flavored soda in 1988, which included a diet version, but it was discontinued within a few years due to low demand.
Despite their appearance, banana trees aren’t trees. They are actually the largest herb species in the world and are distantly related to ginger.
Eating just rabbit meat can cause “rabbit starvation,” a type of protein poisoning caused by too much protein and too little fat in the diet.
A priest and book publisher devised recipes inspired by biblical foods, including a locust soup to represent John the Baptist’s diet of “locusts and wild honey.”
In 2013, Coca-Cola’s “The AHH Effect” campaign included registering domain names from “ahh.com” to one with 61 H’s.
Taco Bell made a commercial featuring 25 people actually named “Ronald McDonald,” all of whom endorsed their brand.
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.
Raw salmon sushi gained popularity in Japan only after the Norwegian salmon industry began a marketing campaign in the 1980s and 1990s to sell its parasite-free farmed Atlantic salmon.
In 2007, Oklahoma declared the watermelon its state vegetable. Lawmakers tried to reverse the decision in 2015, but the effort failed, and the fruit remains the state vegetable.
Until selective breeding made them taste better, watermelons tasted bitter and were harvested only for their water content.
The world’s smallest McDonald’s is the McHive, a miniature restaurant replica in Sweden built in 2019 as a fully functional beehive for real bees.
“Pub” is short for public house, which means that an establishment is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for drinking on the premises.
Despite its famous tea culture, the UK ranks third in per capita tea consumption, with Ireland second and Turkey first, drinking over 1.5 times more tea than the United Kingdom.
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.
In 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure, which lasted less than two months.
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.
Nutella was invented during World War II when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
Cranberries are native to North America and are one of only three fruits native to the continent that are grown commercially.
Although often thought to be Italian, pepperoni was invented by Italian‑American immigrants in New York City in 1919.
In the 1980s, Pringles’ founder, Fredric Baur, requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.
The popular refreshing drink 7-Up used to contain lithium nitrate, a mood stabilizer often used in psychiatric treatments, and was marketed as a hangover cure.
