Weird Food Facts
02/03/2010 03:59
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Plain grain products lower your IQ, while whole grain products increase your IQ.
Eating lemons make you live longer.
Broccoli is the food with the best anti-cancer properties.
Eating half an orange a day reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.
Eating one meal of fish a week reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.
Almonds are a member of the Rosaceae (Rose) family which includes peaches.
Chop-Suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
The average North American will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
Argentinians eat more meat than any other nation in the world.
In 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. You'll drink 16,000 gallons in your life.
The first meal on the moon was roast turkey, eaten by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Baskin Robbins once made ketchup flavoured ice cream.
