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* The idea that you should not eat cheese before you go to bed is an urban myth, according to research showing that the ‘tryptophan’ in cheese and other dairy products promotes good dreams.
* Mexican criminals spent six years escaping from a jail by wiping salsa on the bars. The acid in it eventually broke down the steel.
* The stone crab is unusual in that you can eat it without killing it. You can break off their claws and these grow back within a year.
* The worst thing to eat for tooth decay is potato starch not sugar. While sugar is bad, it dissolves quickly in saliva, but the potato starch in things like crisps hangs around on the teeth.
* A pint of milk in a supermarket can contain milk from more than 1,000 different cows.
* Americans eat 10 billion doughnuts every year.