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In New Orleans during Mardi Gras…
In New Orleans during Mardi Gras they serve an iced, multi-colored cake called King Cake. Inside the cake there is a small baby figurine called a fève which represents baby Jesus. Whomever gets the fève is said to have luck and prosperity for the rest of the year. The post In New Orleans during Mardi… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact 12704 – The World’s Oldest Wine
Oysters used to be one of the cheapest…
Rags to Riches- The Jr High Dropout Who Created a Tasty, Tasty Billion Dollar Empire
In 1847 at the tender age of 16, seaman Hanson Gregory looked at some frying dough and said, “Everything is better with holes”… except his ship hull probably… and created the staple of breakfasts the diabetes lovin’ world over- the doughnut! Or so the story goes anyway. In truth, Captain Gregory’s account of how and… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact 12675 – How We Prefer Our Potatoes
WTF Fun Fact 12642 – The Cereal Made for Orange Juice
25 Interesting Facts About Sugar and Sweeteners
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Sugar and Sweeteners. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Sugar 1. Tic Tacs are labelled as zero sugar despite sugar being its primary ingredient because if a single serving contains less than 0.5 g of sugars, the company is allowed to express the amount of sugar in a serving as zero.…… Read More »