Food & Drink Facts

Bananas are botanically classified as berries, but strawberries are not.

Carrots were originally purple, not orange.

Chili peppers are native to the Americas and only reached India after European contact.

The croissant's ancestor, the kipferl, comes from Austria, not France.

Fortune cookies were invented in California, not China.

Ketchup was once sold in pill form as a cure for indigestion.

Peanuts are legumes, not true nuts.

Sushi originally referred to a method of preserving fish, not raw fish itself.

Vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world, after saffron.

White chocolate contains no cocoa solids, so purists don't consider it real chocolate.