1st May 2020 - 07:55
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On the day Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced ‘we’re past the peak’ of the coronavirus pandemic, and promised to publish a roadmap out of the lockdown, we’ve unearthed some food facts for you to ponder on the journey.
Of the 400,000 species of plant on Earth, 300,000 are safe to eat but we actually eat fewer than 200.
An average cow in the UK produces 22 litres of milk a day, but nearly five times that amount of saliva.
Meerkats have competitive eating contests to establish dominance.
More Guinness is drunk in Nigeria than in Ireland.
Rose water was the world's most popular flavouring until the discovery of vanilla.