Chocolate is as healthy as fruit. When tested and compared to juices from 'superfruits', such as blueberries and pomegranate, dark chocolate was found to be higher in antioxidants, which are essential for fighting disease and preventing wrinkles.
The reason why peppers taste hot is because of a chemical compound called capsaicin, which bonds to your sensory nerves and tricks them into thinking your mouth is actually being burned.
A 2013 study found that the scent of chocolate in a bookstore made customers 40% more likely to buy cookbooks or romance novels.
Brain freeze occures when ice cream touches the roof of your mouth.
97% of the Earth's water is salty and 2.1% is locked up in polar ice caps. This means that less than 1% of thr Earth's water is fresh water.
Potatoes don't count as one of your five-a-day, but don't rule them out of your diet. A medium sized baked potato contains 15% of your daily recommended fibre and more than a quarter of the vitamin C and B6 we need.
Castoreum, which is used as vanilla flavouring in candies, baked goods, etc, is actually a secretion from the anal glands of beavers.
'Arachibutyrophobia' is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.