Here are some interesting and fun facts about food:

1. A survey showed that 29% of adults have been splashed or scalded by hot beverages while dunking cookies.

2. Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s.

3. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket.

4. The fear of cooking is known as mageirocophobia and is a recognized phobia.

5. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.

6. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

7. In South Africa, termites and ants are often fried and eaten like popcorn.

8. Pearls are melted in vinegar.

9. Ancient Greeks chewed a substance similar to gum called mastic, which came from the bark of a tree.

10. The fear of vegetables is known as lachanophobia.

11. In the United States, lettuce is the second most popular fresh vegetable.

12. The average person eats eight pounds of grapes every year.

13. There are over 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.

14. When cranberries are ripe, they bounce like rubber balls.

15. There are over 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

16. In 2001, there were over 300 banana-related accidents in the UK, most of them caused by slipping on banana peels.

17. To ripen a pineapple faster, turn it upside down.

18. Carrots have zero fat content.

19. Alliumphobia is the fear of garlic.

20. Corn always has an even number of rows.

21. Pumpkins originated in Mexico around 9,000 years ago.

22. Square watermelons are sold for approximately $85.

23. Turnips are rich in fiber, vitamin C, calcium, and potassium.

24. Pumpkin flowers are edible.

25. Peaches are the third most popular fruit grown in America.

26. There are over 600 shapes of pasta produced worldwide.

27. Geophagy is the need to eat raw potatoes.

28. Arabs invented caramel.

29. Frank Mars invented the Snickers bar and named it after his favorite horse.

30. The oldest chocolate candy in the world is 106 years old. It was made in 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.

31. Swiss people consume the most chocolate, followed by the British.

32. In 15th century France, only members of the royal court were allowed to consume chocolate.

33. Gorgonzola cheese dates back to 879 A.D.!

34. Many mass-produced ice creams contain seaweed.

35. Cheese products must contain at least 51% cheese.

36. Some yogurts contain gelatin made from beef or pork.

37. The first soup was made from hippopotamus and dates back to 6000 B.C.

38. Baked beans are low in fat and high in fiber and protein.

39. Worcestershire sauce is made from dissolved fish.

40. Pescetarians are vegetarians who eat fish.

41. Egg yolks are one of the few natural sources of vitamin D.

42. In America, anchovies always rank last on the list of favorite pizza toppings.

43. The average person consumes 78.5 kg of meat per year.

44. French fries originated in Belgium but are most popular in the United States.

45. KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952.