Friday Food Facts

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.9

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2nd Mar 2018 - 10:38

Workers at the world’s largest food freezer in Richland, USA have to use oxygen tanks because the sub-zero atmosphere is nitrogen – rich to reduce the fire risk
When Ben Cohen and

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.8

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23rd Feb 2018 - 10:13

MI6, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, once targeted an online English al-Qaeda magazine and replaced its bomb-making instructions with cupcake recipes
An average portion of

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.7

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16th Feb 2018 - 09:46

It is estimated that over 9000 peas are eaten per person, per year in Britain
A thief in Mumbai was forced to eat 48 bananas so that the gold chain he had swallowed when he was arr

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.6

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9th Feb 2018 - 10:16

Walkers crisps used to find that golf balls could sneak through its production process because they have the same density as a potato and weren’t identified as a foreign object.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.5

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2nd Feb 2018 - 08:30

Which came first - noodles or pasta?

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.4

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26th Jan 2018 - 10:42

People drink more slowly when alcohol is served in straight sided glasses than when it’s served in glasses with curved sides, research has found
Back in November, guests at an Amer

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.3

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19th Jan 2018 - 10:07

The world record for eating peas is held by Janet Harris of Sussex who, in 1984, ate 7175 peas one by one in 60 minutes using chopsticks!
In 1920s America when fashion started to r

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.2

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12th Jan 2018 - 09:18

The name "Pepsi" comes from the word "dyspepsia," which means indigestion.

Fun Friday Food Facts 2018 Vol.1

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5th Jan 2018 - 10:21

A 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum was the first ever item to have its barcode scanned when bought – it happened at an Ohio supermarket in the US in June 1974
All parts of an e

Fun Friday Food Facts 2017 Vol. 50

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22nd Dec 2017 - 09:04

The Sami people from northern Scandinavia traditionally fed magic mushrooms to their reindeer and then collected their urine to drink.