Fun Facts

Acerola contains more vitamin C than any other fruit, including oranges.

An April 2017 poll of 1000 American adults found that 7% of respondents believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. The poll was conducted by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.

Even Ancient Greeks and Romans used sage (Salvia officinalis) as a meat preservative. Scientists now know that sage’s terpene antioxidants help reduce spoilage.

Apricots are a good source of vitamin A and C, as well as fiber.

California is the leading wine-producing state in the U.S. and is the fourth leading wine producer after France, Italy, and Spain.

Sweet-banana skins are most commonly known to be yellow, but ripe banana skins can also be red, pink, purple, and black.

Kale and spinach are the top food sources of eye-health nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin, per USDA’s Food Composition Database.

Hawaii residents consume more Spam per capita than any other state in the United States.

According to a recent Harris Poll, approximately 3.3% of total U.S. adults report being full-time vegetarians, with the highest percentages of vegetarians found in Northeastern states.

The ancient Aztecs used cacao beans as currency. In fact, the beans were so valuable, some even made counterfeit cacao beans.

July, also known as National Blueberry Month, is the peak harvest for North American blueberries.

It’s possible to dissolve pearls in vinegar.

If placed in water, lemons float and limes sink.

More than 7,000 varieties of apples are grown around the world.

Pineapples are an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese, and a good source of dietary fiber, thiamin, vitamin B6, and copper.

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume about 1/10th of a calorie.

Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are sometimes referred to as "vitamin F." Specifically, vitamin F is composed of linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids.

Caffeine is thought by some to inhibit absorption of iron and some A and B vitamins. By causing frequent urination, caffeine may also deplete calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphate, and potassium.

Although the use of sunscreen can reduce the body’s production of vitamin D, most people’s normal usage of sunscreen does not result in vitamin D insufficiency.

The first food to be deliberately microwaved was popcorn. The second was an egg, which exploded.

Natto, a fermented soy dish popular in Japan, offers one of the highest food sources of vitamin K2. It’s also high in protein and low in calories, but its taste and appearance may be off-putting to some.

Walnuts are one of the best nut sources of omega-3s, especially alpha-linolenic acid. They are also good sources of manganese and copper.

A healthy adult human body contains about 3.5 pounds of probiotics. That’s more weight than the typical human brain, and almost as much weight as the typical human liver.

La Tomatina is a festival held in Spain each year during which participants throw more than 100,000 tomatoes at each other for about an hour.

Though the term “dietary fiber” didn’t come into use until the 1950s, Hippocrates appears to have been the first person to reference fiber in medical literature.

Soy crayons have been created to replace petroleum-wax crayons.

One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of pop.

Kiwis were originally called Chinese gooseberries. But when U.S. importers began to bring the fruit to the U.S. in the 1950s, they changed the name to avoid high import tariffs and connotations with communist China.