Fun Facts

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Some cheeses with the highest fat content are: havarti, cream cheese, cheddar, colby and gruyere.

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Due to its reported anti-cancer qualities, Americans now eat eight times the amount of broccoli they ate 20 years ago.

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Each year, Americans consume about 21 pounds of candy per person.

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Walking an extra 20 minutes each day will burn off 7 pounds of body fat per year.

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Popcorn was banned from most movie theaters in the 1920s because it was considered too noisy.

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The average American eats 18.8 pounds of onions per year - nothing compared to some countries where individuals consume an average of 66.8 pounds in the same period.

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Did you know that one clove of garlic is ten times stronger pushed through a garlic press than one clove minced finely with a sharp knife?

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Carrots have more beta-carotene when they are mature. What's more, their carotene content may increase as much as 55% after harvest.

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Occasionally, a hen will produce double-yoked eggs throughout her egg-laying career. It is rare, but not unusual, for a young hen to produce an egg with no yolk at all.

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According to Roman mythology, Cupid was the son of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. Cupid was known to cause people to fall in love by shooting them with his magical arrows. But Cupid didn't just cause others to fall in love - he himself fell deeply in love with mortal Psyche

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The Japanese serve pancakes with minced oysters in batter or dipped in hot chili sauce.

In China, pancakes are served as side dishes, stuffed with meat, bean sprouts and other vegetables.

Finland's armed forces eat pancakes every Thursday after a starter of pea soup.

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Spanish missionaries brought bananas to the New World in 1516, but they weren't introduced to North Americans until the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876.

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The best music to promote relaxation has a tempo that closely matches the "beat" of our bodies - the pulse produced by the human heart.

Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, and Vivaldi may have known this fact since many of their songs were composed using 60 beats per minute.

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The lure of profits from the spice trade drove the Age of Discovery, as Portugal, Spain, England and Holland sailed to the East, competing for control of spice-producing lands.

Portugal became one of the richest nations in Europe

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Were you aware that the onion is a member of the lily family? It’s not the strong odor of the onion that makes us cry when we cut it, but the gas the onion releases when the cell membranes are cut.