10 interesting facts about food :)

Hello,
I chose some very interesting facts about food and I hope you will like it.





1. There are so many apple varieties, that if you were to eat an apple a day, it would take you over 27 years to try them all. ( Also more kinds are produced every year )
2. Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as medicine.
3. Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.
4. October is National Pasta Month.
5. Frank Mars invented the Snickers chocolate bar. 
He named it Snickers after his favourite horse.
6. Chocolate can kill dogs, it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
7.The first soup was made from hippopotamus and dates back to 6000 B.C.
8. When cranberries are ripe, they bounce like a rubber ball.
9. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
10. 16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter. stacked end to end, the jelly beans would circle the globe nearly 3 times.