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Fun Friday Food Facts 2020, Vol. 6

7th Feb 2020 - 08:29
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Here is a collection of food facts from around the world!

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  • Common pizza toppings in Japan include squid, mayonnaise and tuna. 
  • Potatoes have been grown in the UK since the 18th century and the average Brit consumes more than 100Kg every year. 
  • ‘Rain of fish’ is an annual weather event in which hundreds of fish from the sky fall onto the Honduran city of Yoro due to thunderstorms.
  • Seventy percent of the world's cocoa beans come from four West African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. 
  • According to a United Nations report as many as two billion people consider insects to be a delicacy or a staple in their diet. In Laos people eat an unusual soup called Gaeng Kai Mot Daeng, which is a mixture of ant egg plants and baby ants.
Written by
Edward Waddell