The most stolen food in the world is cheese — about 4% of all cheese produced globally is stolen.

Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.

Vanilla is the world's most labor-intensive agricultural product — each flower must be hand-pollinated within 12 hours of opening.

Lobsters were once considered food for the poor and were fed to prisoners — they only became a luxury food in the 20th century.

Ballet shoes are made to last only 12–20 hours of use for professional dancers.

Liquid nitrogen cooking, called molecular gastronomy, was popularized by chefs like Ferran Adrià.

The world's most expensive spice, saffron, requires 150,000 hand-picked crocus flowers to produce one kilogram.

Broccoli and cauliflower are the same species — Brassica oleracea — just different cultivars.

Almonds are not nuts — they are the seeds of a fruit related to peaches and plums.