Cornflakes were invented by accident when the Kellogg brothers left cooked wheat sitting out and it went stale and flaky.

The average person eats about 60,000 pounds of food in their lifetime.

Diamonds are not the rarest gem — alexandrite, painite, and red diamonds are far rarer.

Liver is one of the most nutrient-dense foods — containing vitamins A, B12, iron, copper, and folate in exceptional amounts.

The inside of a banana peel can be used to polish shoes and silverware.

The flavor of food is 80% smell — this is why food tastes bland when you have a stuffy nose.

A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto.

Ripe cranberries bounce like rubber balls — it's actually used as a freshness test.

The habanero pepper was once the world's hottest, but has since been surpassed by over a dozen cultivars.