RANDOM Food FACTS
1. 50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with pepperoni on them. 2. 90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation. 3. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. 4. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. 5. Apples are actually part of the rose family. 6. Avocados are poisonous to birds. 7. Baskin-Robbins introduced the flavor "Lunar Cheesecake" to commemorate America's landing on the moon on July 20, 1969. 8. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears. 9. Coffee trees are usually found no more than 1,000 miles from the equator because they grow only in tropical and subtropical climates. 10. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them: a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball. 11. During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that''s the weight of about 6 elephants! 12. Ears of corn always have an even number of rows of kernels. 13. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung! 14. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year. 15. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. 16. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. 17. If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously. 18. In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's. 19. In Britain, one out of every four potatoes is eaten in the form of french fries. 20. In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton, and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings. 21. It takes about a week to make a jelly bean. 22. It takes twelve ears of corn to make a tablespoon of corn oil. 23. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine. 24. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. 25. Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family. 26. Lima beans contain cyanide! 27. McDonald''s salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers! 28. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots. 29. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight! 30. Strawberries contain about 200 seeds each. 31. The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth. 32. The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds. 33. The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000. 34. The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia. 35. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. 36. The Jif plant in Lexington, Kentucky, is reportedly the largest peanut butter factory in the world. 37. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. 38. The name PEZ (as in PEZ Dispensers) is derived from the German word for peppermint — PfeffErminZ. 39. The only popcorn museum in the world is located in Marion, Ohio, USA. 40. The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916. 41. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee. 42. To burn off one plain M&:M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field. 43. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. 44. Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan! 45. With two forks and a charge, a pickle will emit light. 46. Worcestershire Sauce is basically an Anchovy ketchup. 47. You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.