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#2001 - Food & Drink Fact

The secret recipe for Coca Cola, code-named "Merchandise 7X" is kept under lock and key in a vault in the SunTrust Bank Building in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Coke inventor Dr. John S. Pemberton and current world headquarters of Coca Cola International.

#2002 - Food & Drink Fact

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In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn.

#2003 - Food & Drink Fact

Table salt is the only commodity that hasnâ€™t risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.

#2004 - Food & Drink Fact

Burger KingÂ® uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month in its restaurants.

#2005 - Food & Drink Fact

There are more than 200 kinds of chili peppers, none of which belong to the pepper family.

#2006 - Food & Drink Fact

Ice cream was originally made without sugar and eggs.

#2007 - Food & Drink Fact

The Chinese used to open shrimp by flaying the shells with bamboo poles. Until a few years ago, in factories where dried shrimp were being prepared, "shrimp dancers" were hired to tramp on the shells with special shoes.

#2008 - Food & Drink Fact

Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness.

#2009 - Food & Drink Fact

The famous Chef Wolfgang Puck chose the Italian word "Spago" as the name for his popular chain of restaurants. In Italian - spago = "String" or "Twine" - slang for spaghetti.

#2010 - Food & Drink Fact

Pigturducken is a pig, stuffed with a turkey, which is stuffed with a chicken, deep fried in oil, which is usually put into something similar to a horse trough over propane burners.

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