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The original carrot.

The original carrot.

Had NO Clues about carrots. Carrots in Afghanistan are used for alcoholic beverages. Carrot-tini? Rabbits shouldn’t eat too many carrots. 1 for them is like 20 for us, too much sugar! Carrots are the second most popular vegetable after potatoes. There are over 100 species of carrots. The biggest carrot recorded is more than 19 pounds and the longest is over 19 feet! The name “carrot” … Continue reading

Facts on water

Facts on water

Proud to present out third video! Facts on water use and how much it takes to make things. How many litters does it take to grow an apple? Make some jeans? How about plastic? Just 30 seconds, come find out!

White Chocolate really chocolate?

White Chocolate really chocolate?

It has no cocoa solids…. its a chocolate derivative because it is made with cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids, and salt.   In order for something to officially be a “chocolate”  it needs: chocolate liquor (from fermented coca beans) and cocoa solids. White chocolate does not contain either of these things. Chocolate facts: You would … Continue reading

Kumato: Brown tomato

Kumato: Brown tomato

This tomato is meant to be sweeter than regular tomatoes. FYI- tomato has NO “e” at the end (only in plural form) and tomatoes are fruits!! why?

Fish named after food!

Fish named after food!

Just like the misleading animal names we posted abot a couple days ago, it came to our attention we have food named fish, we found 12.. know any more? Pineapple fish Cucumber fish Potato Cod Lemon shark Mandarin Goby Banana Wrasse Cherry Gill Strawberry Perch Strawberry Purple Pseudochromis Strawberry Trout Sea lettuce Butterfish Jellyfish Fish … Continue reading

Thanksgiving yum, Christmas pre dinner and sale.

Thanksgiving yum, Christmas pre dinner and sale.

Thanks for what? Thanksgiving was founded as a religious observance for all the members of the community to give thanks to God for a common purpose (their first harvest in the case of this version). Thanksgiving history: The First Thanksgiving lasted for three days.  The Pilgrims celebrated a harvest festival with the Native Americans in … Continue reading

Coke, in the bag! (literally)

Coke, in the bag! (literally)

Ever see a Coke sold at a roadside stand in a plastic bag? Probably not if you live in the U.S., but it’s a ubiquitous sight throughout some parts of the world — such as Central America, where the Coca-Cola company has introduced these bottle-shaped bags. In Central America coke is put into a plastic … Continue reading

Mice don’t like cheese! .. but we do!

Mice don’t like cheese! .. but we do!

Cheese facts. Made of curd, milk that turns sour or coagulates Cheese can be made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, horses, llamas, and yaks. The ancient Greeks and Romans knew and valued cheese, There are hundreds of types of cheese, the most effective way for classifying them is probably according to hardness or ripening method (Here 13 cheese … Continue reading

Oranges are from China

Oranges are from China

Oranges are believed native to the tropical regions of Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago. Brought to Europe by trade, today, oranges are cultivated in: subtropical and tropical America northern and eastern Mediterranean countries Australia and South Africa. The top orange producers are Brazil, the United States, China, Spain,Mexico, Italy, India, and Egypt. The world production of all kinds of oranges … Continue reading