Interesting Fun Facts about Food and Drink

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Chop Suey was invented in New York!
Chop-suey is not a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.
Coca-Cola's 'Super Pure'Dasani bottled water is just filtered tap water!
Coffee beans aren't beans - they're fruit pits.
Cold water weighs more than hot water.
Contrary to popular belief, London Broil is not a cut of beef but rather a method of cooking.
Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.
Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
Each year 96 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S.
Ears of corn always have an even number of rows of kernels.
Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy!
Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate
For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!

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