Food facts
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Interesting facts about mushrooms
All mushrooms are fungi but not all fungi are mushrooms. The Kingdom of Fungi also includes yeasts, slime molds, rusts and several other types of related organisms. Mushrooms are low in calories, have no cholesterol and are virtually free of fat and sodium. Mushrooms also contain other essential minerals ...
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Interesting facts about coffee
More than 50 countries produce coffee in commercial quantities. 5 million people are employed in Brazil's coffee industry. Brazil produces around 40% of the world’s coffee supply. A coffee tree has a lifespan of about 50 to 70 years. Coffee Has Its Own Designated Holidays : In Costa Rica, it's ...
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Interesting facts about tea
There are four main types of tea which are, white, green, oolong, and black. Tea contains about 50% less caffeine than coffee, making it a great alternative to those that are sensitive to caffeine intake. Scientists have reported for many years that men in Asian countries who drink green ...
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Interesting vegetable facts
Darker green vegetables contain more vitamin C than lighter green vegetables. Tomatoes are not a vegetable, they are a fruit. They were once considered a type of apple by France and Italy and used to be yellow, not orange or red. The world's largest watermelon on record weighed over ...
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Interesting fruit facts
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams. Apples contain an antioxidant that fights cancer . The banana plant is in the same family as the lily and the orchid. A medium-sized orange contains the amount of vitamin C that a healthy adult ...
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Interesting egg facts
China produces most eggs, at about 160 billion per year. In the US, about 260 million hens produce more than 65 billion eggs per year. A hen can lay about 250 eggs per year. The chicken is one of the first domestic animals, appearing in China around 1400 ...
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Interesting beer facts
The oldest brewery in North America was built in 1786, the ancient Babylonians had created the first recipes for beer. The first beer cans were produced in December 1935. Beer is the second most popular beverage in the world, coming in behind tea. There are more breweries in the ...
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Interesting Facts About Milk
Milk is the only drink in the world that contains such a large range of naturally occurring nutrients. It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk. In some parts of the United States, milk is more expensive than gasoline. Goat milk is non-allergenic. Goat milk does not have ...
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Interesting facts about ice cream
An ice-cream-like food was first eaten in China in 618-97AD. King Tang of Shang, had 94 ice men who helped to make a dish of buffalo milk, flour and camphor. In USA, the average amount of ice cream eaten is an amazing 21 litres per ...
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Interesting facts about McDonald’s
McDonald's was founded in 1955 by Oak Park native Ray Kroc, who worked as a salesman of milk shake machines. Ronald McDonald® speaks more than 25 different languages. McDonald's has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers. McDonald's sell more than 1/3 of all the French fries sold in restaurants ...
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Interesting facts about chocolate
The oldest known civilization of the Americas (1500 - 400 B.C.), The Olmecs, were probably the first users of cacao. Although chocolate drink was invented or discovered by the Aztecs, who called it xocoatl, it was only in the 18th century that solid chocolate was invented, somewhere in ...
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Interesting facts about pizza
In 1889, a Neapolitan - Rafaele Esposito backed pizza for King Umberto I and Queen Margherita, who apparently llike it. An Italian immigrant named Gennaro Lombardi opened the first U.S. pizzeria in 1895 in New York City. Pizza's popularity exploded after WWII when servicemen returning from Italy raved ...