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WTF Fun Fact – Cooking Oil Fuel

September 12, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Cooking Oil used As Fuel!

All of McDonald’s delivery trucks in the UK have been running on used cooking oil from their restaurants since 2007. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mcdonalds-biodiesel/mcdonalds-to-recycle-cooking-oil-for-fuel-idUKMOL23573620070702?

WTF Fun Fact – Official McNuggets

August 27, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - McNuggets Official Shapes

McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets come in four official shapes: bell, bone, boot, and ball. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2051151/why-mcdonalds-chicken-mcnuggets-come-only-4-shapes

WTF Fun Fact – Hot Dog Hawker

August 27, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Kid's Hot Dog For $2(1)

A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets. He now sells nearly 150 hot dogs a day. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/05/jaequan-faulkners-hot-dog-venture-takes-off-after-getting-reported.html

WTF Fun Fact – Popcorn Markup

August 25, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Movie Theatre Popcorn

Movie theatre popcorn has an average markup of over 1200% percent. A bag of popcorn costs roughly $.37 and can sell for upwards of $5. – WTF Fun Facts

Source:
https://www.rd.com/advice/saving-money/10-outrageous-markups-youd-never-guess-you-were-paying/

WTF Fun Fact – Eat Spicy

August 25, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Spice For Long Live

A recent study found people who eat spicy foods tend to live longer. Consumption of hot red chili peppers is associated with a 13% reduction in total mortality – primarily in deaths due to heart disease or stroke. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/frequent-spicy-food-consumption-linked-with-lower-death-risk/

WTF Fun Fact – Coffee Taste

August 16, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Organic Acid Makes Coffee Bitter

Without its smell, coffee would have only a sour or bitter taste due to the organic acids. You can test this by holding your nose as you take a sip. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/10/21/1537244

WTF Fun Fact – Eat More With Wine

February 3, 2021August 12, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Eat More With Wine

A 2014 study found that having a glass or two of wine before a meal caused people to eat nearly 25% more food during the meal. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2014/05/15/drinking-wine-meal-makes-eat/#.XVHDDnt7lhE

WTF Fun Fact – Marmot Causes The Plague

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Raw Marmot Meat killed People

A Mongolian couple believed a folk remedy and consumed raw marmot meat and organs to improve their health. They ended up contracting the plague and died shortly thereafter. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.livescience.com/65438-mongolian-couple-plague-raw-marmot.html

WTF Fun Fact – Japan Ramen Discount

June 5, 2020August 9, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - japan ramen discount

In an effort to reduce car accidents involving elderly drivers, a Japanese restaurant is offering a 10% discount at a ramen restaurant if they hand in their driver’s license. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.miamiherald.com/article116635493.html

WTF Fun Fact – Fish Turducken

August 7, 2019 by WTF
wtf fun fact - fish turducken

Chef Josh Niland has created a fish turducken. His seafood version features yellowfin tuna loin, wrapped in a cod fillet, wrapped in an enormous tail-on ocean trout fillet. The entire recipe will cost you roughly $250. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-07/don-t-try-this-at-home-the-250-recipe-for-fish-turducken

WTF Fun Fact – Moonshine Ingredients

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 by WTF
wtf fun fact moonshine ingredients

Cocktails became popular during Prohibition because juices were needed to hide the taste of some of the ingredients in the moonshine like dead rats, rotten meat, wood tar, and others. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/modern-craft-cocktail-movement-got-its-start-during-prohibition-180971265/

Fun Food Fact – Chocolate Chip Cookie Deal

July 14, 2019 by WTF
fun food fact chocolate chip cookie

Ruth Wakefield was the original creator of the chocolate-chip cookie. She sold the recipe for the Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie to Nestlé for one dollar and a lifetime supply of chocolate. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/06/25/the-inventor-of-the-chocolate-chip-cookie-sold-her-recipe-to-nestle-for-a-lifetime-supply-of-chocolate/

Random Funny Fact – Thomas Jefferson Mac And Cheese

July 12, 2019 by WTF
random funny fact thomas jefferson mac and cheese

Thomas Jefferson helped popularize mac and cheese in America by serving it to his dinner guests during his Presidency. He even had his own recipe. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/macaroni

WTF Fun Fact – Brad Pitt Cookbook

August 16, 2019July 11, 2019 by WTF
wtf fun fact fat brad cookbook

There’s a book called ‘Fat Brad The Cookbook’. It is based on all the foods that actor Brad Pitt has eaten in his movies. – WTF Fun Facts

You can download the book here.

Source: http://www.papermag.com/fat-brad-cook-book-brad-pitt-recipes-1987073777.html

Fun Fact – Umami Taste

July 10, 2019 by WTF
fun fact umami fifth taste

Umami is the recently identified fifth taste. It is described as a savory flavor and is caused by glutamate, an amino acid. It is associated with foods like tomatoes, meat, cheese, mushrooms, and more. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.rd.com/food/recipes-cooking/13-foods-with-natural-umami/

Fun Food Fact – Taste Modifier Fruit

July 9, 2019 by WTF
fun fact west african miracle berry

The Miracle Berry, or synsepalum dulcificum, is a fruit from West Africa which contains the taste modifier Miraculin. When you eat the fruit, the miraculin molecules bind to the tongue causing sour foods to taste sweet. – WTF Fun Facts

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

Food Fact – Watermelon App

July 5, 2019 by WTF
fun food fact watermelon app

There’s an iPhone app to detect a ripe watermelon. You repeatedly knock on the fruit with phone’s microphone nearby and it analyzes the sound. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/melon-meter-ios-app-listens-for-ripe-watermelons/

WTF Fun Fact – Mucho Stolen Fajitas

July 4, 2019 by WTF
fun fact stolen fajitas

A Texas man was sentenced to 50 years in jail for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fajita-heist-texas-man-sentenced-50-years-stealing-1-2-n868451

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