October 23, 2009

Did ya know..?

 - Apples, onions and potatoes all have the same taste. Pinch your nose and take a bite out of each!
- Celery requires more calories to eat and digest than it contains
- Eggplants are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries
- Strawberries are the only fruit with their seeds on the outer skin
- Cabbage is 91% water
- Mayonnaise will kill lice and also condition your hair
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite
- Pizaa toppings of squid are the most popular variety in Japan
- Honey is the only edible food for humans that won't go off
- Margerine was first called Butterine in England when it was introduced

2 comments:

kimithy said...

you love your beef too much bonnie and i cant force myself to read it.
but i like all your other entries, especially the facts!

fact: asparagus makes your pee smell funny
fact: it takes roughly 20000 litres to produce a pound of beef

Saucy Thyme said...

strangely, i actually had you in mind when i was about to post those beef blogs - but figured you'd skip em! there's a vegie one coming up, just for you :)