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  • Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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  • On average, a baby in the United States will eat fifteen pounds of cereal in their first year of life.
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  • The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days.
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  • On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime.
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  • The Kool Aid Man used to be known as "Pitcher Man" when he was first introduced in 1975.
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  • The Kraft company produces enough Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon.
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  • The largest apple pie ever baked was forty by twenty three feet.
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  • The most popular American city for Kool-Aid sales is St. Louis, Missouri.
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  • The most popular ethnic food in the United States is Italian food.
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  • The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed.
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  • The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it "Epsicle." The name was later changed to Popsicle.
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  • The world's longest hot dog was 1,996-foot wiener made by the Sara Lee Corp. for the 1996 Olympics.
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  • There is cyanide in apple pips.
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  • There was a molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people.
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  • Three thousands tubs of Cool Whip whipping cream were used to make the world's largest Flag Cake at the Statue Of Liberty in 1997.
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  • Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a ? inch straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999.
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  • The nut "filbert" got its name from St. Philbert which is celebrated on August 22nd, which is also when the nut matures.
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  • An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year.
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  • Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)
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  • In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipes for watermelon rind pickles.
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  • Singer Chaka Khan came out with a line of chocolates called "Chakalates."
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  • An American chews an average of 300 sticks of gum in a year.
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  • The chewing gum Juicy Fruit has 10 calories. This is approximately the same as a bite of whole wheat bread.
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  • Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
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  • An average person consumes the equivalent of 26 gallons of milk a year, including almost 28 pounds of cheese.
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