Brazil nuts are the richest dietary source of selenium — just 1–2 nuts per day meets the daily requirement.

Eating too many carrots can turn your skin orange due to a condition called carotenemia.

Flaxseed is the richest plant source of ALA omega-3 — and the richest source of lignans, which have hormonal effects.

Miracle berries contain a protein called miraculin that makes sour foods taste sweet for up to two hours.

Spam is so popular in Hawaii that it is sometimes called the Hawaiian steak.

Coffee is the world's second most traded commodity after oil.

Kiwi fruits contain more vitamin C per ounce than oranges.

The color red makes food taste sweeter — a reason ketchup bottles and candy packaging are often red.

A pomelo is the natural ancestor of the grapefruit — grapefruits are a hybrid of pomelo and orange.