Why didwell. the Kiwi go to the doctor? It wasn't peeling
Why a Baker’s Dozen is 13 Instead of 12?
Knock. Knock. (Who is there?) Lettuce. (Lettuce who?) Lettuce on your tray and you’ll find out.
Carrots used to be purple? The modern day orange carrot wasn't cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot, including yellow and white carrots, and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today. Before this, pretty much all carrots were purple with mutated versions occasionally popping up including these yellow and white carrots.
Peanuts Are Explosive? Dynamite is made partly of peanuts. Peanut oil is used to make glycerol which is used to make nitroglerin. Peanuts, by the way, are legumes, not nuts.
Why were the strawberries so upset? Because they were in a jam!
Avocado's Poisonous? Avocados have more protein than any other fruit and are poisonous to birds. Also make a great face mask!
Why did the people dance to the vegetable band? It had a good beet.
Vitamin K for the day!
Keep the doctor away! Tart cherries have more pain killer than aspirin. Strawberries have more Vitamin C than oranges. And one pack of Romaine Lettuce packs enough Vitamin K for the day!
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/01/10‐fascinating‐food‐facts/ http://www.2020site.org/fun‐facts/Fun‐Food‐Facts.html http://dealspl.us/pages/interesting_odd_food_facts/14000 http://www.health.state.mn.us/schools/greattrays/pdfs/ FunFoodFacts.pdf
This has its origins in the fact that many societies throughout history have had extremely strict laws concerning bakers’ wares. For example, in Ancient Egypt, should a baker be found to cheat someone, they would have their ear nailed to the door of the baker. In Babylon, if a baker was found to have sold a “light loaf’ to someone, the baker would have his hand chopped off. As it wasn’t that hard to accidentally cheat a customer, given the exacting attributes required of the end product, bakers began giving more than what the statute outlined to make sure they went over and never under. Specifically, in terms of the “baker’s dozen”, in England, after the Assize of Bread and Ale statue was enacted in the 13th century, it became common practice that if a vendor or other customer were to order a dozen or several dozen loaves of bread from a baker, the baker would give them 13 of every dozen they ordered. Likewise, when selling any quantity, they’d give 13 measures when only 12 were purchased. This effectively made sure that the baker would never accidentally break the law and be subject to severe punishments.
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