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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Interesting Food Facts You Probably Didn’t Know! -Peaches and nectarines are basically the same fruit – They’re pretty much genetically identical except for one thing: a gene…
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Interesting Food Facts You Probably Didn’t Know!
-Peaches and nectarines are basically the same fruit - They’re pretty much genetically identical except for one thing: a gene that determines if the skin is fuzzy like peaches or smooth like nectarines.
-McDonald’s fries were cooked in beef fat until 1990 - Then Mickey D’s switched to vegetable oil to make their fries seem healthier, but now they’re made with "Natural Beef Flavor."
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-Australia has fruit salad trees - The multi-grafted trees were developed to grow up to six different types of fruit on one tree.
-German chocolate cake isn’t from Germany - It’s named for Sam German, who invented a kind of baking chocolate.
-SPAM is a mix of the words “spice” and “ham” - So that urban legend about it standing for Scientifically Processed Animal Matter is wrong.
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-Hawaiian pizza isn’t from Hawaii either - It was actually invented in Canada.
-Pineapples take years to grow - We’re talking two to three years a pineapple.
-Nabisco redesigned its iconic animal crackers box after PETA complaints - The new, less-offensive design uncages the animals and lets them run free.
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-Before Wally Amos got famous for his cookies and became Famous Amos, he was a talent agent who discovered big stars - He signed Simon and Garfunkel and Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye were some of his clients.
-Most wasabi is just horseradish that’s been dyed green - Real wasabi is hard to grow, really expensive, and should be eaten within 15 minutes after its grated.
-Lemons float but limes sink - It’s all about density, limes are a little more dense than lemons.
