Food and Drinks Trivia

  • Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.
  • There’s a knife fork hybrid called the knork!
  • Truffles, or mushrooms that grow below the ground, are one of the world's most expensive foods. One variety, Tuber melanosporum, can cost between $800 and $1,500 a pound.
  • You can overdose and die from coffee.
  • In Singapore, it is illegal to own or sell chewing gum.
  • Denmark instituted a "fat tax" on unhealthy foods in an effort to curb obesity.
  • In 1996, a $225,000 Tequila bottle got the world record for most expensive bottle of spirits ever sold
  • Potato Chips were invented in 1824 by George Crum, a Native American Cook.
  • While he was alive, Kim Jong II spent almost $800,000 a year on Hennessy Cognac.
  • Research shows that just two bananas will provide you with enough energy for an intense 90-minute workout.
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