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Food & Drink

Tasty insights and Crazy Facts

Still life with Silver Cake Basket - Very Cool Facts
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The Sweet Treat That Lasts Forever

Seriously!

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Tasty Origins

Wiggling and Jiggling Through Time

The Origins of Jello

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Tasty Origins

From Ancient Elixir to Modern Superfood

The Evolution of Olive Oil

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Tasty Origins

Beer

The Medieval Life Saver You Never Knew About

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Tasty Origins

Crackers with a Conscience

The Surprisingly Wholesome Origins of Graham Crackers

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Tasty Origins

Berry Misleading

The Truth About Coffee Beans

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Tasty Origins

Goldfish Crackers

A Love Story in Every Bite

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Food Fiction

Do Carrots Really Help Night Vision?

A Wartime Myth With A Grain of Truth...

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Crisis Comfort Foods

Walmart's Secret Weapon Against Hurricanes

Pop Tarts!

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Quirky Facts

Domino's Pizza: 1/2 Stake Ownership Traded for a Song?

No, Not a Song, A Volkwagen Beetle!

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Quirky Facts

Mushrooms

Nature's Mini Breezemakers

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Strange Ingredients

The Bug You Didn't know You Were Eating

How tiny bugs became the world's favorite dye

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Tasty Origins

From Smokers to Snackers

Pez was a Smoking Cessation Aid Before It Became A Candy

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Strange Ingredients

Heavenly Coffee?

Except - There are No Nuts in Chock full o'Nuts

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Tasty Origins

Jack-O'Lanterns

Were Carved to Keep Evil Spirits Away

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Quirky Facts

Duncan Hines

The man behind the cake mix

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Quirky Facts

Wink at Your Grocer

And Walk Out with a Free Box of ...

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Strange Ingredients

Bacon Fat

The Secret to Blowing Things Up!

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Nature's Bounty

Avocados

Only Ripen When Picked

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Illicit Food & Drink

Moonshiners' Secret Weapon during Prohibition:

Cow Shoes!

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Quirky Facts

Beer + Mustaches =

Mustache Tax

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Seasoning Secrets

Salt

Not a Spice?

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Seasoning Secrets

Pepper Power

The Curiously Interesting History of Black Gold

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Strange Ingredients

Jelly Beans, Pills, Apples, Chocolate

Owe Their Lovely Shine to Bugs?

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Quirky Facts

Green Beans

Bug Trappers in Disguise

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Strange Ingredients

Corn in Fireworks?

Yes, Really!

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Food Fiction

Honey Nut Cereal

Where Have All the Nuts Gone?

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Tasty Origins

Twisted Together

How Pretzels Became a Symbol of True Love

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Quirky Facts

French Fries

May Not Be so French After All

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Quirky Facts

Did the Nazis Try to Kill Churchill

With an Exploding Chocolate Bar?

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Tasty Origins

Cotton Candy

The Sugary Delight Invented by a ... Dentist?

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Nature's Bounty

Alaska Grows Colossal Veggies!

Supersized in the Midnight Sun

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Tasty Origins

German Chocolate Cake?

Not Really German

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Quirky Facts

Pound Cake

The Easy Recipe to Remember

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Food Fiction

Sugar Rush?

More Like Sugar Myth!

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Tasty Origins

The Sandwich

Thanks to a Gambler!

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Food Science Mysteries

Cilantro

Love it or Hate it?

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Tasty Origins

Hawaiian Pizza

Born in Canada

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Food Science Mysteries

Music Can Change the Flavor Of Cheese

Hip Hop or Classsical?

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Tasty Origins

How A Cheese Surplus Led to Cheesy Snacks

How Cheetos was Created

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Tasty Origins

Hershey's Kisses

Named After a Sound?

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Food Science Mysteries

Why Does Airplane Food Taste So

Meh?

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Strange Ingredients

Lithium was Once a Secret Ingredient in 7-Up?

Let's Find Out Why....

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Food Science Mysteries

Honey Never Spoils

Archaeologists have found pots of honey...

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Food Science Mysteries

Banana's are Radioactive

Huh?

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