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From strange fruit & vegetables to your favorite dairy products, these fun facts should please your appetite.
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Food & Drink Facts
Yuri Gagarin’s first meal in space consisted of two tubes of pureed meat followed by a tube of chocolate sauce for dessert.
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.
In 1889, Margherita pizza was crafted to honor Queen Margherita, using ingredients that symbolize the Italian flag’s colors: tomato, mozzarella, and basil.
Ocean Spray Cranberry cocktail comes from cooperatively owned cranberry farms where 100% of the profits from the products are given back to the farmers.
Until selective breeding made them taste better, watermelons tasted bitter and were harvested only for their water content.
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.
In 1981, the Reagan administration proposed USDA regulations that would have allowed condiments like ketchup to be classified as vegetables; however, this move was never implemented.
Unpeeled oranges float in water, while peeled oranges sink. This surprising phenomenon is due to the increased buoyancy of orange peel, which contains small pockets of air.
Despite their appearance, banana trees aren’t trees. They are actually the largest herb species in the world and are distantly related to ginger.
Warren Buffett said in the 2017 HBO documentary “Becoming Warren Buffett” that he eats McDonald’s every morning, choosing one of three items that never cost more than $3.17.
Red Lobster once suffered a loss of over $3 million from an “Endless Crab” promotion after an executive underestimated just how much crab customers could consume.
South Korea is the second-leading consumer of Spam. Spam was introduced there during WWII, providing much-needed food for those who were starving.
In the 1990s, Taco Bell made a soft taco tortilla with a 9-month shelf life, which NASA later used for space missions.
Green olives and black olives are the same fruit. The green ones are picked before ripening, while the black ones are left to ripen on the tree.
Frito-Lay launched Cheetos Lip Balm in 2005, but it was quickly discontinued after failing to gain popularity with consumers.
In 2012, Papa John’s was sued for sending late-night spam texts and settled for $16.5 million after people demanded over $250 million in damages.
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.
Dipping bread in olive oil and balsamic vinegar isn’t a traditional Italian practice; it actually originated in San Francisco.
Nestlé produces KitKat and Rolo globally, with the exception of the U.S., where these products are manufactured by their competitor, Hershey’s.
During World War I, hamburgers in the U.S. were nicknamed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.
