A 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum was the first ever item to have its barcode scanned when bought – it happened at an Ohio supermarket in the US in June 1974
In Slovakia, it is a Christmas tradition that the oldest man of the household takes a spoonful of loksa pudding – a potato-based pancake batter - and throws it at the ceiling.
Taking ginger daily can help reduce muscle pain caused by exercise, or at least researchers claim. In a 2010 study a team of scientists said it could cut pain by 25%.
Consumption of too much salt can be deadly – you need to take about 1 gram of salt per kilogram of weight to die and this was used as a method of ritual suicide in China – especially among t
You can now buy an apple that doesn’t brown when sliced. Released in 2016 the Arctic Apple is the first genetically engineered fruit to be sold in the US.
A discovery about the KFC Twitter account has blown people’s minds. KFC’s official twitter account, which has more than 1.2 million followers, only follows 11 people!?! Strange?