Apples, potatoes, and onions all taste the same when eaten with your nose plugged.
The consumption of natural vanilla causes the body to release catecholamines (including adrenalin) – for this reason it is considered to be mildly addictive.
Banana trees are not actually trees – they are giant herbs.
Ketchup was originally a fish sauce originating in the orient.
Seven-Up – invented in 1920 contained Lithium – the drug commonly prescribed now to sufferers of bi-polar disorder.
Sushi is not from Japan. It originated in the 4th century BC, in Southeast Asia. It eventually spread to China, and was introduced into Japan in the 8th century.
Honey doesn’t spoil. It is the only known food source that keeps indefinitely in its raw form.
The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco in 1909, at the Japanese Tea Garden Restaurant
Limburger cheese is notorious for its strong and generally unpleasant odor. The bacteria known as brevibacterium linens causes this. It is also found on human skin and is partially responsible for body odor.
If you are looking for vitamin C, then fresh fruit is best, but other than that, dried fruit contains just as many nutrients and sugar for energy as fresh fruit.
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