Food Facts for Kids
Tasty facts about the food we eat
Honey never spoils — archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.
Strawberries aren't actually berries, but bananas are!
Carrots were originally purple before the orange variety was developed in the 1600s.
Apples float in water because they are 25% air.
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s to treat diarrhea and indigestion.
The popsicle was accidentally invented by an 11-year-old boy in 1905 who left a cup of soda with a stir stick outside overnight.
The Aztecs used cocoa beans as money — you could buy a turkey for about 100 beans.
It takes about 2 years for a single pineapple to grow.
Ripe cranberries bounce like rubber balls — farmers actually test ripeness this way.
Broccoli is actually a flower that hasn't fully bloomed yet.