28th Sep 2018 - 08:47
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No theme this week, we hope you learn a thing or two from the selection below!
- The Kellogg brothers first created cornflakes as therapy for mental patients
- Eating poppy seed bread and bagels can make you fail a drugs test. BBC presenter Angela Rippon researched a claim that the seeds contain narcotic chemicals for the show 'Rip Off Britain', and failed the drugs test
- During the 17th century, pretzels came to symbolise undying love. A Swiss royal couple used a pretzel in their wedding in 1614 to seal their bond, which is where the saying “tying the knot” reportedly came from
- Researchers in New Zealand have developed a tearless onion. They turned off the gene which produces the enzyme that causes a person slicing an onion to cry
- When Pringles were launched in the US in 1968 they were called ‘chips’, but makers Procter & Gamble were forced to change this to ‘crisps’ by the Potato Chip Institute International because they are made from dried potato and not slices
- Did you know that McDonald’s salads are more fattening than their burgers
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