Cranberries bounce when they are ripe, which is why they are sometimes called bounceberries.

Water expands when it freezes, which is why ice floats.

Fact #9 · Food

The açaí berry must be processed within 24 hours of picking — it rapidly ferments after harvest.

Fact #4340 · Food

Blue cheese gets its distinctive veins from Penicillium mold injected into it during production.

Fact #4346 · Food

Black pepper was once so valuable it was used as currency and to pay ransoms.

Fact #4308 · Food

The Maori creation myth describes the world emerging from Te Kore (the void) through stages of darkness to light.

Fact #5318 · Food

You are more likely to choke on food than win the lottery.

Fact #2917 · Food

The word 'salary' comes from 'sal' (salt) — Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt.

Fact #3349 · Food

The average person breathes about 22,000 times per day.

Fact #3644 · Food