Hippocrates recommended that women eat carrot seeds to prevent pregnancy.

15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Artificial colorings in foods have been linked to increased incidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms.

WHY CARBONATED BEVERAGES ARE CALLED “SOFT DRINKS” – “Soft drink” classically referred to nearly all beverages that did not contain significant amounts of alcohol (hard drinks). The term “soft drink” is now typically used nearly exclusively for flavored carbonated beverages thanks to advertising. Flavored carbonated beverage makers were having a hard time creating national advertisements due to the fact that what one calls their product varies from region to region (soda, pop, fizzy drinks, coke, minerals, etc). In order to get around this problem, for national or international advertising campaigns, these manufacturers agreed on using the term “soft drink”.

THE COLOR OF THE TWIST TIE ON BREAD PACKAGING MEANS SOMETHING

The color signifies what day of the week the bread was baked on. The practice of using these color codes is not meant necessarily to be used by the customer, but actually is to aid the person stocking the shelves with bread in determining what bread is old and needs removed from the shelves. This way, they don’t actuallly have to look closely at the tabs (which usually also show a “sell by” date); they can simply just look for ones of a specific color and remove those. Each manufacturer maintains their own color code scheme, but this is usually easily discoverable on the web, by asking a bread stocker at the store, or by simply emailing the manufacturer of your favorite bread.

WHY RICE KRISPIES SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP! – Rice Krisipies, also known as “Rice Bubbles” in some countries, are created by preparing rice in such a way that it will “pop” like popcorn during the cooking process, albeit much less dramatically. This popping puffs up the kernels. When the rice is finished cooking, most of the Rice Krisipies will have thin, solid walls with hollow, sealed areas inside where air pockets have formed. When cold milk is added, the sudden temperature shift causes the walls of the air pocket regions of the Rice Krispies to fracture suddenly, making a snap/crackle/pop type noise.

Coffee beans aren’t beans. They are fruit pits.

CARROTS USED TO BE PURPLE BEFORE THE 17TH CENTURY – The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot, including yellow and white carrots, and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump variety we have today. Before this, pretty much all carrots were purple with mutated versions occasionally popping up including these yellow and white carrots, among others. These, however, were rarely cultivated due to typically being very thin and not very good tasting.

Almonds are mentioned 73 times in the Old Testament.

On March 22, 1994, Hormel Foods Corporation celebrated the production of its five billionth can of SPAM.