Pineapples take two years to grow and each plant produces only one pineapple per growing cycle.

Triceratops used its large frill and horns for defense and display.

Spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves were once more valuable than gold by weight.

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

MSG (monosodium glutamate) is naturally found in tomatoes, aged cheese, and soy sauce — and has no proven link to adverse reactions in controlled studies.

Cashews grow outside the cashew apple fruit — what looks like the nut is the seed.

Adolf Frederick of Sweden died after eating an enormous meal including dessert.

King Henry I of England allegedly died after eating too many lampreys.

The first junk food, cotton candy, was invented by a dentist in 1897.