Everything in this world has something peculiar and quirky about it, food included. In fact foods is one category, that encompasses loads of interesting and sometimes really weird stories around it. There are a few we all know, but then that’s just the tip of the ice berg, or should I say tip of the ‘food berg.’
Go ahead and enlighten yourself with some of these random but peculiar facts about food that we enjoy.
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1. Apples
There are more than 8000 varieties of apples – the largest variety than any other fruit, but it actually belongs to the Rose family. Newton, I guess, would have preferred a rose to fall on his head.
2. Bananas
Eating bananas can help one fight depression. Also banana tree is not at all a ‘tree’ in technical terms , but a herb. It’s trunk is not woody but is made of tightened spiral leaves.
3. Tomato
Scientifically arguing, tomato is actually a fruit. Do you now want to display it in your fruit bowl!
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4. Beetroot
If you like natural products for cleansing yourself, get your hair dandruff free-naturally. Its simple. Boil some beetroot in water and wash your hair with that water.
5. Honey
Honey has a shelf life for ‘life’! it will never go bad or rot in your lifetime. Now that’s an age which I call ‘honey-finite’!
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6. Chocolate
With a melting temperature of 32°C ( 90°F), just below human body temperature, chocolate is the only edible item that melts in one’s mouth.
7. Fruit loops
No need to fight over the colored Fruit Loops kids. Choose any color and they all taste the same!
8. Peanut butter
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of the mouth. Arachi, in Greek means groundnut and Phobia means fear.
9. Cranberries
Ripe cranberries and rubber balls have something in common. Both are supposed to bounce sky high. Want to test it with cranberries, try it at your own risk!
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10. German Chocolate Cake
Don’t get fooled by the name. A German chocolate cake is not German. It gets its name from one Sam German, an American, who created it.
11. Pringles
Proctor and Gamble, the owners of the brand Pringles, actually fought a law suit in Britain to prove that Pringles are not potato chips.
12. Peach
Canned peaches were the first ever fruit to be savored on the moon. Now that’s a Lunar first, isn’t it.
13. Cocoa Bean
Ancient Mayans used Cocoa bean as currency as it were considered worth more than Gold dust!
14. Cucumber
One of the most hydrating foods to eat is cucumber, as its 96% water. It is a good hangover cure too. Seriously…do you eat this thing or drink it!
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15. Almonds
Nutty, crunchy and used in variety of food preparations, Almonds are no “nuts” but seeds. They are botanically related to Orchids.
16. Ketchup
Ketchup was once consumed as a medicine in 1830s, as a treatment to diarrhea and other illnesses.
17. Potato
Potatoes are used to test/improve internet signals on airplanes as they absorb WiFi signals.
Some amazing trivia’s those! Hope you enjoyed reading these and would remember them while relishing these foods.
