Food Facts

Here are 75 Fun Food Facts to tempt your tastebuds:

1. Honey never spoils - found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs still edible.
2. Carrots were originally purple, not orange.
3. Chocolate was once used as currency by the Aztecs.
4. Apples are members of the rose family.
5. A banana is technically a berry.
6. Strawberries are not true berries.
7. Pineapples take about 2 years to grow.
8. Watermelons are 92% water.
9. Peanuts are not nuts - they're legumes.
10. Almonds are seeds, not nuts.
11. Cucumbers are fruits, not vegetables.
12. Tomatoes were once believed to be poisonous in Europe.
13. Avocados have more potassium than bananas.
14. Coconut water can be used as a blood plasma substitute.
15. Raspberries have about 120 seeds per fruit.
16. A single ear of corn has an even number of rows - usually 16.
17. Butter was originally a salve for wounds.
18. Vanilla is the second most expensive spice after saffron.
19. Saffron comes from a flower and must be harvested by hand.
20. Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world after water.
21. Coffee beans are technically seeds.
22. The world's oldest gum is 9,000 years old.
23. Popcorn is older than oil refineries.
24. The color orange was named after the fruit.
25. Cranberries bounce when ripe.
26. Lemons float, but limes sink.
27. The oldest known recipe is for beer.
28. McDonald's serves 68 million people daily.
29. Fries were introduced to America by Thomas Jefferson.
30. Hot dogs originated in Germany.
31. Pizza was invented in Italy.
32. Ice cream consumption increases during economic downturns.
33. Chocolate chip cookies were invented by accident.
34. Spam is the favorite food in Hawaii.
35. The world's hottest pepper is the Carolina Reaper.
36. Cheese is the most stolen food in the world.
37. Humans have been fermenting food for 10,000 years.
38. Olives were first cultivated 5,000 years ago.
39. Pickles were the first commercial food product.
40. Gelatin dessert was invented by a Pearle B. Wait.
41. The marshmallow was originally made from marshmallow plant root.
42. Cadbury invented the Easter Bunny in 1893.
43. Peanut butter consumption dates back to the Aztecs.
44. Jell-O was invented by a lawyer, not a chef.
45. Ketchup was originally a fish sauce.
46. Mustard was used as a medicine in ancient Greece.
47. Sugar made from beets wasn't invented until 1742.
48. Maple syrup production takes 40 gallons of sap for one gallon of syrup.
49. Honey is made from nectar, not pollen.
50. Bees visit 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey.
51. Popcorn is a whole grain.
52. Apples float in water because they're 25% air.
53. The average person eats 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.
54. Americans eat 150 million hot dogs on July 4th alone.
55. Birthday cake became popular in the mid-1900s.
56. Ancient Romans used to vomit to eat more food.
57. The sandwich was named after the Earl of Sandwich.
58. Pasta was introduced to America by Thomas Jefferson.
59. The first soup was made 20,000 years ago.
60. Sugar cravings are real - your brain needs glucose.
61. Green apples don't exist - they're just unripe red ones.
62. Blue was the hardest color for food dyes to produce.
63. The average American eats 27 pounds of pizza a year.
64. Chocolate milk was invented in Jamaica.
65. Celery has negative calories.
66. The pumpkin spice latte came out in 2003.
67. Frozen foods were invented by Clarence Birdseye.
68. The largest pizza ever made was 131 feet wide.
69. Nutella was created during WWII when chocolate was scarce.
70. Edible Christmas ornaments were made of marzipan.
71. The pie was first introduced to America by the English.
72. Canned cranberry sauce was invented in 1912.
73. Cornflakes were invented by accident.