13th Sep 2019 - 08:39
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What's Friday without our Fun Food Facts...?
- Tinned tomatoes are cheaper than fresh and better for you as they contain more of the antioxidant lycopene, which helps reduce inflammation and protects against heart disease.
- More than 163 million cups of tea are consumed every single day in Britain, which is approximately two and a half cups per person.
- Krill, the tiny, shrimp-like creatures that are the diet of many whales, are eaten as okiami in Japan, as camarones in Spain and as alamang in the Philippines.
- Rabbits like liquorice and reindeer like bananas.
- Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi set a world record in 2012 when he ate 110 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
- According to a fan of the American television show Friends, during the ten seasons the six main characters had 1,154 cups of coffee (Phoebe had the most with 227 cups).
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