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         1. An average ear of corn has an even number of rows.
2. Peanuts aren't nuts, they're legumes.
3. Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit.
4. Ketchup was used as a medicine in the 1820s to treat diarrhoea.
5. Chocolate was once used as currency.
6. In Kentucky, it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket.
7. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
8. In the United States, lettuce is the second most popular fresh vegetables.
9. Onion is Latin for 'large pearl'.
10. Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.
11. Eating a lot of beetroot turns your pee pink.
12. There are more than 600 different shapes of pasta.
13. 9th August is officially National Rice Pudding Day.
14. October is national pasta month.
15. 16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter alone.
16. Gummy Bears are only 79 millimetres long in length.
17. Sugar is the only taste humans are born craving.
18. The weight of a Babybel is 21g.
19. An average American will eat the equivalent of 28 pig in their lifetime.
20. Pescetarians are vegetarians who eat fish.
21. Egg yolks are one of the foods that naturally contain Vitamin D.
22. French fries came from Belgium.
23. Chicken McNuggets contain beef additives.
24. Radishes are members of the cabbage family.

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