Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s to treat liver disease and indigestion.

Tomatoes were once thought to be poisonous in Europe because they're part of the nightshade family.

The human genome contains approximately 3 billion base pairs and around 20,000 protein-coding genes.

Ice cream was likely first developed in China using flavored ice or frozen cream, centuries before it reached Europe.

Bananas are berries in botanical terms, but strawberries are not.

The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 released thousands of gallons of beer into the streets.

Honey is the only food that contains all the substances necessary to sustain life, including water.

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

People can survive weeks without food under certain conditions.