1. The coconut is the largest seed in the world.

2. The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV.

3. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

4. The world's most consumed fruit is the mango.

5. From all the vegetables, beets contain the most sugar.

6. The banana is the most prolific of all food plants with as many as 300 bananas growing on the same stalk.

7. Botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit.

8. There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

9. Broccoli was first introduced into France during the royal marriage of Catherine de Medici to Henry II of France.

10. There are more than 15,000 different kinds of rice.

11. Carrots have zero fat content.

12. Whole wheat bread has more iron, vitamins and dietary fiber than white bread.

13. An onion, apple and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are
caused by their smell.

14. Watermelons are 97% water, lettuce 97%, cabbage 91%, tomatoes 95%, carrots 90%, and bread 30%.

15. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.


16. Half of the world's population live on a staple diet of rice

17. The dish chop-suey does not come from China. It was created by Chinese immigrants in California

18. Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed.

19. Great Britain has the highest consumption of ice cream than any other European nation.

20. For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.

21. Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed

22. There are 2,000,000 different combinations of sandwiches that can be created from a SUBWAY menu.

23. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

24. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

25. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

26. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

27. Eating celery very slowly (chewing about half an inch of the stalk per minute) will actually burn more calories than the celery provides.

28. The original filling in Twinkies was banana. It was replaced by vanilla-flavored cream during World War II, when the United States experienced a banana shortage.

29. Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods.

30. Cheese closes the stomach and should always be served at the end of a meal.

31. Two-thirds of the world's coffee comes from Brazil.

32. Milk is actually considered to be a food and not a beverage.

33. George Crum invented potato chips in 1853 at the Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga Springs,
New York. Crum was part Indian, part black, a former guide in the Adirondacks.

34. Before Columbus, Europe had never tasted cord, potatoes, tomatoes, red peppers, sweet
potatoes, tapioca, chocolate, pumpkins, squash, coconuts, pineapples, strawberries, and much more. All these food items are native to America.

35. Argentineans eat more meat than any other nation in the world - an average of 10 ounces per
person per day.

36. Human beings can't smell or taste a substance that is not soluble. On a dry tongue, sugar has no taste. In a dry nose, the smell of a flower would not be noticed. Anything to be smelled must float in the air.

37. A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.

38. The strawberry is the only agricultural product that bears its seeds on the outside.

39. The white part of an egg is called the glair.

40. If Jell-O is hooked up to an EEG (heart monitor), it registers movements virtually identical to the brain waves of a healthy adult.

41. The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced.

42. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.

43. The world's oldest existing eatery opened in Kai-Feng, China in 1153.

44. Turkey contains an amino acid called tryptophan, which can cause sleepiness (warm milk also contains tryptophan).

45. Genetically altered giant artichokes are being grown in Spain to produce electricity.

46. Vitamin A is known to prevent "night blindness," and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.

47. Brazil produces the largest amount of oranges and grapefruits in the world!

48. Nectarines are just peaches without the fuzz

49. Apples,pears, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries—whether wild or cultivated—are all relatives of the roses.

50. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.