| Joseph Priestley, the English chemist, invented carbonated water. It was a by-product of his investigations into the chemistry of air. |
| Guinness is considered an aphrodisiac in some African countries, and is marketed under the slogan "a baby in every bottle." |
| In fourth century Sparta, in Greece, males 20 years of age and over were required by law to eat 2 pounds of meat a day. It was believed to make one brave. |
| Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would improve their vitality. |
| The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are the colours that stimulate hunger. |
| 'Bombay Duck' is not actually duck at all, but dried fish called 'Bummalo'. |
| Only men were allowed to eat at the first self-service restaurant, the Exchange Buffet in New York, opened in 1885. |
| The heart of a peanut, that little nub that holds the two halves together, contains a high amount of a chemical that is know to cause migraine headaches in some people. |
| The inventor of chewing gum, a dentist named William Semple, intended it mainly as a means of exercising the jaws. |
| Fat has nine calories per gram, while protein and carbohydrate have four, Alcohol has seven. |