What are some mind-blowing facts about food?

 

• Grapes will explode if you put them in the microwave.

• Ripe cranberries will bounce like rubber balls.

• Most wasabi consumed is not real wasabi, but colored horseradish.

• Apples belong to the rose family, as do pears and plums.

• About 70% of olive oil being sold is not actually pure olive oil.

• Green, yellow, and red bell peppers are not actually the same vegetable.

• The tea bag was created by accident, as tea bags were originally sent as samples.

• An 11-year-old invented the Popsicle by accident.

• It is almost impossible to find out what all the ingredients are that Papa John's uses in its pizzas.

• Coconut water can be used as blood plasma.

• The Aztecs used chocolate as currency.

• Carrots were originally purple.