- One of Snapple's original founders ran a sardine and pickle store in Queens with his family.
- The average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year.
- Applesauce was the first food eaten in space by astronauts.
- Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year.
- The algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen.
- The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
- Salt used to be a currency.
- Octopuses think with their tentacles.
- 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
- Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
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