Mind blowing fact about food

in apple •  7 years ago 

There are 7,500 varieties of apple grown throughout the world, and if you tried a new variety each day, it would take you 20 years to try them all.

The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old in 1905.

The twists in pretzels are meant to look like arms crossed in prayer.

TheThe most expensive fruit in the world is the Japanese Yubari cantaloupe, and two melons once sold at auction for $23,500.

No matter what color Fruit Loop you eat, they all taste the same.

Milt, which is a delicacy around the world, is fish sperm.

If improperly prepared, fugu, or puffer fish, can kill you since it contains a toxin 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide.

Casu Marzu is a cheese found in Sardinia that is purposely infested with maggots.

The red food-coloring carmine — used in Skittles and other candies — is made from boiled cochineal bugs, a type of beetle.

There is an amusement park in Tokyo that offers Raw Horse Flesh-flavored ice cream.

Most wasabi consumed is not real wasabi, but colored horseradish.

The reason vegetarians and vegans can't eat gelatin is that it's made from the skin, connective tissue, and bones of animals, such as cows and pigs

Egg yolks are one of the few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D.

You may be a little shocked to find out peanuts are an ingredient in dynamite

The first food ever to be microwaved was popcorn. The second was an egg which exploded in the face of the experimenter.

Canned peach was the first ever fruit to be eaten on the moon

Chicken contains 266% more fat now than it did 40 years ago. That's 33% less protein and that's all down to our modern day farming methods.

Honey is the only food with an eternal shelf life. It won't rot and it can last up to 3000 years.

The amount of jars of nutella sold in a year could cover The Great Wall of China eight times.

The largest item on any menu in the world is the roast camel. The camel is stuffed with a sheep’s carcass, which is then stuffed with chickens, which are then stuffed with fish, which are finally stuffed with eggs. This is a rare delicacy and is mostly served at Bedouin wedding feasts

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