31st May 2019 - 05:00
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All eyes are on teams of 11 right now, with the Champions League final between Liverpool and Spurs tomorrow, the start of cricket’s ICC World Cup and, of course, the 11 Conservative Party leadership hopefuls, plus one substitute, limbering up for their own special competition.
But whether or not sport and politics are your games, there’s always time to warm up your food trivia muscles with our small but select collection of Friday Food facts.
* For instance, the process of making a 1-litre plastic water bottle actually requires 2 litres of water.
* A rolled up piece of white bread was used to correct pencil marks on paper before rubber erasers were invented.
* Boiling vegetables just long enough to cook them removes up to a third of their vitamin C; steaming or microwaving can cut that to just 10%.
* Onions might smell strong on your breath, but they are great for gum health as they neutralise harmful bacteria.
* The standard Tic Tac box weighs 15g-18g and contains about 38 Tic Tacs.