FUN FACTS



PB & J and The Grand Canyon

Every year Americans eat enough peanut butter to coat the floor of the Grand Canyon

Most expensive Cheese

Pule cheese is made form donkey and goat milk and costs up to 1000 dollars per pound

You can hear Rhubarb grow

Rhubarb stalks can grow about an inch or more a day and you can hear the stalks popping

Apple a Day...

It would take eating a different kind of apple each day for 21 years to taste all the varieties

St. Louis and Ice Cream

Ice cream cones were invented in 1904 at World's Fair in St. Louis

Chilli Peppers don't burn

Capsacin tricks your brain to think there's massive heat source in your mouth

Easter Ham Origins

Ham at Easter dinner dates back to early US settlers and served as a celebratory dish

Most Pancakes Eaten

Matt Stonie, in 2016 ate 113 silver dollar pancakes in 8 minutes

Potatoes and Wi-Fi

Boeing used potatoes as substitutes for human bodies when testing out its in-flight wi-fi

Pepper and Taxes

Black pepper was used as a form of payment for rent, taxes, and dowries

What is Mageirocophobia?

Mageirocophobia is the irrational fear of cooking

Origins of Eggnog

In medieval Britain, a proto-eggnog was made of ale, eggs, and figs

Cookies for Santa

Cookies for Santa started when Christmas trees used to be decorated with food

Peacock for Christmas?

Peacock was the mainstray of Medieval Christmas feasting, as was swan

Turducken

The 1774 book The Art of Cookery contains the earliest instructions for cooking a bird within a bird

Jack-'O-Lantern'

In Ireland, people started to carve demonic faces out of turnips to frighten away Stingy Jack's soul

Candy Corn and The Moon

Enough candy corn is produced each year to circle the Moon 21 times

Egg Physics

The fresher the egg, the faster it will fall to the bottom of a glass of water

Largest Pumpkin

The world record for the largest pumpkin is 2,749 pounds

Corn and Math

The rows of corn are always an even number