Brits throw away 160 million bananas every year because they have a slight bruise or mark on the skin and if laid out on the floor would stretch from the UK to New Zealand.
The US Department of Fish and Wildlife is using drones to release thousands of M&Ms laced with ferret vaccine to save the black-footed ferret, an endangered species facing a plague epidemic.
Are slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices of cucumber in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long! The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminium to give off a scent undetectable to humans but which drives garden pests crazy and makes them flee the area.
We all know that when you cut an onion the chemicals released can make you tear up. However, if you chew gum while cutting onions it prevents tears by forcing you to breath through your mouth.
Did you know that Americans eat around 17 billion quarts of popcorn every year. that amount alone would fill the Empire State Building 18 times over!
How much do you like figs? As much as wasps, which love them to death? It’s true. After a fig wasp pollinates the fruit it dies and decomposes inside it. But before you swear never to consume a fig again, be safe in the knowledge the fig itself contains an enzyme called ficin, which breaks down and digests the insect, making it a part of the fruit. So no, the crunch you hear when you bite isn’t a corpse, it's just the fruit's seed.