9th Sep 2022 - 06:00
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This week’s collection of arcane food trivia includes some surprising stuff you never knew about milk and carrots as well as examples of human stupidity and the never-say-die qualities of 21st century fast food. Enjoy!
• It takes 50 glasses of water to grow enough oranges to make one glass of orange juice
• In 2014 a woman in Birmingham phoned 999 to complain that her ice cream did not have enough sprinkles on it
• A glass of cow’s milk has twice as much solid content as a tomato
• If you eat enough carrots it can change the colour of your skin to orange, a condition known as carotenemia
• The last McDonald’s burger in Iceland was sold in 2009 and kept as a souvenir. It had not obviously deteriorated after several years in a garage and can now be watched decomposing on a webcam
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