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  • The chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylzantihine.
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  • An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface.
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  • In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck.
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  • Heineken beer's foam is supposed to last five minutes.
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  • On average, a whole chicken from the grocery store weighs 3 pounds 12 ounces.
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  • The world's largest peanut producing facility is the Jif plant located in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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  • Ten radishes only contain eight calories.
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  • Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup.
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  • In total, Americans eat more than 45 billion sandwiches each year, while sales of custom-made sandwiches are rising 15 percent per year.
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  • Tripolini pasta was named for the Italian conquest of Tripoli in Libya.
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  • The decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius.
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  • Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope.
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  • People who have eaten beetles say that it tastes like apples.
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  • In 1948 and 1950 the oldest ears of popping corn were discovered. They were located in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico. They ranged in size from smaller than a penny to approximately two inches, and were about 4,000 years old.
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  • There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world.
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  • The most common seasonings found in American homes are chili powder, cinnamon, and seasoned salts.
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  • People from the United States eat the most chicken per person than anywhere else in the world.
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  • One acre of wheat can produce enough bread to feed a family of four people for about ten years.
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  • The first recipe for a lasagna type dish was found to be from a British cookbook in the 14th century. Therefore, Italians were not the first ones to come up with the popular dish as believed.
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  • If a raisin is dropped into a glass of champagne it will bounce up and down in the glass.
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  • Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat.
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  • To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed.
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  • There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact replica of a hamburger.
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  • In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen.
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  • In 1848, the first American pasta factory opened in Brooklyn, New York. The name of the man that opened it was Antoine Zerega.
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