These food facts are sure to satiate your weird and fun food fact appetite!
In 2013, McDonald’s challenged celebrity chefs to deploy McDonald’s ingredients to create a “McGourmet” meal. Their creations ranged from kung pao Chicken McNuggets to slow-cooked beef with Mac Fry gnocchi. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Creative Chefs Whip Up ‘Gourmet’ Dishes Using McDonald’s Ingredients – FAB News
There is a museum of potatoe fries in Bruges, Belgium. The Frietmuseum is devoted to the history of potatoes and the production of Belgian fries. It traces the history of potatoes, beginning in Peru ~8000BC. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Frietmuseum – Wikipedia
In 1971, General Mills released the Franken Berry cereal dyed with red No. 2 and No. 3, which can’t be broken down or absorbed by the human body. The dye caused pink stools which alarmed some parents who mistook it for blood. The phenomenon later became known as “Franken Berry Stool.” – WTF Fun Facts
In 2012, Pizza Hut marketed an engagement package that included limo service, fireworks show, a ruby engagement ring, flowers, videographer, photographer, and a $10 dinner box for $10,010. The offer was limited to 10 people but a spokesperson said they received >500 serious inquiries within hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pizza Hut’s $10,000 Engagement Party Package Includes a Ring, Fireworks, and Pizza – Eater
In 2016, an employee at brewing company Brewdog printed “Mother F*cker Day” on the bottom of 200,000 cans of their Punk IPA in order to be more “punk.” After recalling all of the beers, the company made him employee of the month. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Brewdog worker prints ‘Mother F***er’ on cans – The Drinks Business
In the 1970’s, American Kitchen Foods, Inc. tried disguising peas in a fry-shaped form with their product called “I hate peas.” – WTF Fun Facts
The United States actually ran out of Pop-Tarts in 1964, after the first shipment sold out in just two weeks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 13 Things You Never Knew About Pop-Tarts | HuffPost UK Food & Drink (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
Jelly Belly once tried to make a cheese-pizza flavored jelly bean. The taste was so bad that they shelved it and later used it as the basis for the vomit flavored Bertie Bott’s jelly bean instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Does Jelly Belly Create Its Weird Flavors? | Mental Floss
A few days after the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, British Spitfire planes were used to carry kegs of beer to those on the front line. – WTF Fun Facts
The “artificial strawberry flavor” in a McDonald’s milkshake is made up of ~45 chemicals including: amyl acetate, amyl butyrate, amyl valerate, anethol, anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid, cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil, diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl butyrate, ethyl cinnamate, and more. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The 59 ingredients in a fast-food strawberry milkshake | Food | The Guardian
H.B. Reese, inventor of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, created two nearly identical candy bars. The “Lizzie Bar” was named after his daughter and the “Johnny Bar” was named after his son. The main difference between the two was that the Johnny Bar had nuts. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: H. B. Reese – Wikipedia
In 2014, retailer Carrefour Romania and local meat producer Aldis helped Romania set the Guinness World record for the longest sausage. The sausage, which was made of raw minced meat, was ~39 miles long (62.7 km) and weighed 45 tons. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Romania sets new world record for longest sausage | Romania Insider (romania-insider.com)
With every bottle of Laphroaig whisky, you are entitled to a lifetime lease on a 1ft square plot of land on the Scottish island of Islay. It is a part of Laphroaig’s loyalty program “Friends of Laphroaig. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Join New Friend of Laphroaig Programme – Plots of Peat – Laphroaig
The average American child eats 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before they graduate high school. The average adult consumes a PB&J three times a month. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Peanut Butter & Jelly—By the Numbers | National Peanut Board
A new study by the online dating site Zoosk, which analyzed 3,733,185 dating profiles and 364,609,566 first messages, found that mentioning “guacamole” in your profile resulted in a 144% increase in messages received. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Mentioning Guacamole in Your Dating Profile Makes You More Attractive (insider.com)
There are a couple of McDonald’s in LA that serve no food. There is suburban and city style restaurant purely for filming when the set needs to be a McDonald’s. – WTF Fun Facts
Michael Bublé, while working as an extra, was fired from the set of The X-Files for stealing a hot dog from craft services table. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Hilarious Reason Michael Buble Was Fired From The X-Files – CINEMABLEND
A new study found milk, which is made up of 85% water, to be even more hydrating than plain water due to its nutrient-rich composition. The fat, protein, and small amounts of sugar help slow the emptying of fluid from the stomach, keeping the body hydrated longer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nevadamilk.com/milk-found-to-be-more-hydrating-than-water/