Food and Drink

Bizarre Fact #291:
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If you would like to make a Siberian happy, give him a horse-meat steak.

Bizarre Fact #292:
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In Australia, the Number 1 topping for pizza is eggs. In Chile, the favorite topping is mussels and clams. In the United States, it's pepperoni.

Bizarre Fact #293:
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In Australia, the popular McOz Burger combines 100 percent Australian beef, cheese, tomato, beetroot, lettuce, and cooked onions on a toasted bun. This burger was created by Australian McDonald’s restaurant owners, and became a permanent menu item after a successful promotional period in 1998.

Bizarre Fact #294:
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In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food.

Bizarre Fact #295:
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In medieval England beer often was served with breakfast.

Bizarre Fact #296:
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In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn.

Bizarre Fact #297:
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In the late 1970s, Coca-Cola Co. boycotted the NBC late-night comedy show "Saturday Night Live" for several years. The giant soda company was retaliating against a frequent character of comedian John Belushi's, a Greek restaurant owner, who repeatedly said to customers, "No Coke... Pepsi," thus saying the rival company's name dozens of times throughout each skit.

Bizarre Fact #298:
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It takes more than 500 peanuts to make one 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.

Bizarre Fact #299:
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John Kellogg invented corn flakes, for a patient with bad teeth. Charles Post invented Grape Nuts. Dr. Kellogg was the manager of a Michigan health spa and Post was a patient. The spa was founded by Sylvester Graham...inventor of the Graham cracker and pioneer of the early 1800s movement to eat more bran.

Bizarre Fact #300:
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Juan Metzger, a former Dannon Co. executive, is credited with putting fruit in yogurt. Metzger was recognized for suggesting the addition of fruit at the bottom of containers of the dairy product to improve its taste. The first flavor was strawberry. Metzger's father, Joe, co-founded Dannon Co. in the Bronx in 1942.