Have you ever wondered how some foods were produced and where they came from? Foods aren’t just meant for the daily consumption of our body, some foods can also be used as household cleaner and even used for building structures! Read and feed your mind with these amazing facts while eating your favorite snack.

1. Cilantro comes from the same plant as the coriander spice.
2. The coriander plant has long been used in folk medicine and it’s juice is even believed to help cure acne when applied to the face like toner.
3. Eating a handful or almonds or other nuts each day has been shown to help stabilize blood sugar levels, reduce the risk of cancer, lower cholesterol levels and help sustain weight loss.
4. Scotland’s national dish called “Haggis” is made of the heart, liver, lungs and small intestines of a calf. It is then bolled in the animal’s stomach and seasoned with salt, pepper and onions.
5. Trans Fatty Acids (TFA’s) are an unspoilable substance that’s cheap, can prolong shelf life, allow easy transport, provide solidarity at room temperature and increase suitability for commercial frying.
6. Food that contain TFA’s are commonly found in baked goods, fried foods and packaged convenience foods like cookies, crackers, biscuits, pastries, pies, doughnuts, packaged frozen foods, chips, packaged popcorn, frostings, french fries, taco shells, margarine, shortening, some candies and cheeses, and fast foods.
7. Peanuts are used to make dynamite. These are used to process glycerol, a sweet colorless liquid, and then it is used to make nitro-glycerin, the main component in dynamite.
8. Apple pie was first made in France, then brought to England in the 11th century.
9. It takes 1,218 peanuts to make only one jar of peanut butter.
10. Banana plants are not trees, but are actually the world’s largest herb.
11. In the next hour, 17 million sodas will be consumed in America. That’s about 600 million a day and about 5 billion a year.
12. Strawberries are the only fruit that carry seeds on the outside.
13. Apples, plums and strawberries are members of the rose family.
14. In 1893, the US Supreme Court actually passed a law declaring tomatoes to be classified as vegetables instead of fruits.
15. Color is not an indicator of ripeness on a cranberry. Cranberries that are ripe can bounce like basketballs.
16. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
17. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
18. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
19. There were no turkeys, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes or pumpkin pie at the first Thanksgiving in 1621. They most likely ate geese and deer.
20. Peanuts are not nuts. They are actually legumes.
21. Replace white bread with whole wheat bread. Whole wheat contains as much 7g of fiber.
22. There are 2 types of almonds, the ones we eat are the sweet type. The other type contain a form of cyanide and are inedible.
23. Cashew shells contain the same irritant found in poison ivy. Roasting them inactivates the poison, making them safe to eat.
24. Peanuts were once called “goober peas” and “monkey nuts”.