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WTF Fun Fact – Costco Pizza Chain

January 25, 2020 by WTF

The food court at Costco makes so much money selling pizza to hungry shoppers that it ranks as the 14th largest pizza chain in the US. That makes it larger than California Pizza Kitchen and nearly as large as CiCi’s. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-pizza-cost-slice-photos-review-2018-3?r=US&IR=T#the-price-point-like-the-rest-of-the-menu-is-extremely-attractive-199-for-a-slice-and-a-bargain-basement-995-for-an-18-wide-pizza-thats-insane-2

WTF Fun Fact – Roses And Vineyards

January 23, 2020 by WTF

Roses are planted at the end of a row of grape vines on vineyards because they are very susceptible to powdery mildew and mold. As such, they act as an early warning sign of mold or mildew allowing the vineyard staff to react before it impacts the grapes. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.kj.com/blog/stopping-smell-roses-vineyard

WTF Fun Fact – Costly Olympic Promotion

January 21, 2020 by WTF

WTF Fun Fact - McDonalds Olympic Promo Gone Wrong

During the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, McDonald’s announced a promotion that offered free food and drink every time a U.S. athlete reached the medals podium. The former Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics leading to many American wins and a very costly promotion. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-mcdonalds-olympics-20170616-story.html

WTF Fun Fact – Why Dry Cherries Are Expensive

January 20, 2020 by WTF

WTF Fun Fact - Expensively Drying Cherries

If ripening cherries are not dried after it rains, they will soak up the water, split, and can’t be picked and sold. In order to dry them, farmers hire helicopters to slowly maneuver 5 feet over the trees and blasts the water off the cherries! – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/tag/cherry-drying/

WTF Fun Fact – Reducing Food Waste

January 19, 2020 by WTF

WTF Fun Fact - Reduce Food Waste In Cafeteria

Researchers found that removing trays from college cafeterias reduced the amount of solid food waste by nearly 20%. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-removingtrays-dininghalls/removing-trays-from-dining-halls-cuts-food-waste-idUSBRE8A114T20121102

WTF Fun Fact – Pepperidge Farms Puts Out

January 18, 2020 by WTF

Pepperidge Farms produces over 140 billion goldfish crackers each year and nearly 560 million Milano cookies.– WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.cspdailynews.com/snacks-candy/pepperidge-farm-rolling-out-35-new-products

WTF Fun Fact – The Crunchy Part

January 17, 2020 by WTF

Voted one of the world’s best restaurants, Osteria Francescana, has a menu item called ‘the crunchy part of the lasagna’. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.osteriafrancescana.it/

WTF Fun Fact – Big Mac Vs. Supermac

January 17, 2020 by WTF

In early 2019, after McDonald’s sued Irish fast food chain Supermac for trademark infringement, a judge ruled McDonald’s Big Mac trademark was not valid in the EU because they were unable to prove that they had used the Big Mac trademark their. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tasty-result-for-supermacs-with-david-and-goliath-big-mac-win-37716672.html

WTF Fun Fact – M&M’s Original Idea

January 15, 2020 by WTF

WTF Fun Fact - M&M's Origin For Soldiers

M&M’s were first created commercially in 1941 by Forrest Mars, Sr. after witnessing soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell during the Spanish Civil War, which prevented the chocolate from melting in the warm weather. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.history.com/news/the-wartime-origins-of-the-mm

WTF Fun Fact – Half & Half Bar

November 29, 2021January 4, 2020 by WTF

Patrick’s Pub and Grill is a bar that’s on the border of Georgia and Tennessee and split between the two states. The Georgia half is in a “dry county”, meaning that any alcohol purchased at the bar on the Tennessee side cannot be brought to the Georgia side where the restrooms are. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20080603/News/604163811/GS

WTF Fun Fact – Honeyguides

December 25, 2019 by WTF

Honey hunters in Mozambique use special calls to recruit the services of birds known as honeyguides. The birds lead the humans to bees’ nests and in return, they get the leftover beeswax. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/21/486471339/how-wild-birds-team-up-with-humans-to-guide-them-to-honey

WTF Fun Fact – Apple Peel Leather

December 22, 2019 by WTF

In Toronto, Canada, a small company has developed vegan leather made from apple peels that are recycled from the juicing industry. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fashion-designers-replace-plastic-based-vegan-leather-with-apple-fabric/

WTF Fun Fact – PEEPS Marshmallow Chicks

December 19, 2019 by WTF

In 1953, a single PEEPS Marshmallow Chick took 27 hours to make and was created by hand with a pastry tube. Today, even with advances in technology it still takes about six minutes. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.justborn.com/news-and-media/2015/came-first-peeps-chick-peeps-decorated-egg/

WTF Fun Fact – Avocado Source

December 17, 2019 by WTF

Nearly 80% of all avocados sold in the world come from a single seed sourced in 1926. Rudolph Hass grafted the seedling with branches from a Fuerte avocado tree which he almost cut down. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hass_avocado

WTF Fun Fact – Chock Full o’ Nuts

December 17, 2019 by WTF

Chock Full o’ Nuts coffee was introduced in 1932; but it does not contain nuts. It’s named for a chain of nut stores that the founder converted into coffee shops during the Great Depression. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chock_full_o%27Nuts

WTF Fun Fact – Pop-Tart Dog Food

December 6, 2019 by WTF

The Pop-Tart was created after Post’s pet food division created the technology for a non-refrigerated, semi-moist dog food called Gaines Burgers. Shortly after they launched Country Squares, but Kellogg later came out with their Pop-Tart and far better marketing. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-09-25-9409250345-story.html

WTF Fun Fact – Banana Curves

April 10, 2021December 3, 2019 by WTF

Bananas have a curved shape because they reach for the sunlight when they grow. This unique process is known as ‘negative geotropism’. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: http://www.dole.eu/dole-earth/farmtour/bananito/hotspot/banana-curved.html

WTF Fun Fact – Pistachio Splits Itself

December 2, 2019 by WTF

Pistachios split themselves open when they are ripe in a process called dehiscence. This trait has been selected and specifically cultivated with different varieties having various rates of dehiscence consistency. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio#Botany