Wine Gums were almost never created. The son of a London sweetshop owner, Charles Gordon Maynard wanted to create a sweet that could be savoured like a fine wine, but his father was a strict Methodist teetotaller who threatened to expel him from the business for introducing wine to his products. Thankfully, as the wine label was merely a ruse, we get to enjoy the sweets today.
Research reveals that if a man avoids red meats, it improves the sex appeal of his body odor.
In Chinese culture, when a whole fish is served for dinner, the head is usually positioned in the direction of the guest of honour as a sign of respect.
The most expensive cheese in the world is made in Serbia from donkey milk. It is called Pule (poolay) and costs aboout £1,000 a kilogram. The donkey sanctuary where it is made uses the money raised to pay its running costs.
A good old Italian dish, pizza. But don’t ask your Italian host for pepperoni expecting a meaty feast because you just won’t get it. In fact, the word pepperoni actually originated in the US and is about as Italian as Homer Simpson. In Italy peperoni, with one p, means bell pepper.