-The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
-Ketchup was created for use as a drug, not as a condiment.
-The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
-Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
-The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
-The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
-The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
-Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy!
-A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!
-You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime! Wow!
-The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
-Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
-Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
-Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
-Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
-Almonds are a member of the peach family.
-Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
-During an average person's life, they will consume about 60,000 pounds of food.
-The world's oldest piece of chewing gums is 9000 years old.
-Coca-cola was originally green.
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