So you think you know it all?! Calling all foodie fanatics – test your gastronomic expertise here…

 

Dark chocolate is healthier than fruit juice

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According to tradition, you should eat one mince pie on each of the 12 days of Christmas to bring good luck

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Apples belong to the ROSE family as do pears and plums

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The longest string of liquorice ever measured 244 metres

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In 2015, Cherry Yoshitake managed to eat 71 baked beans in a minute -picked out of a bowl with a pair of chopsticks

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Chewing COFFEE BEANS gets rid of BAD BREATH

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The humble banana shares up to 60% of its DNA with humans

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Velociraptors were roughly the same size as a large TURKEY

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957 – the typical number of calories in the average Christmas dinner

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A quarter of the world’s HAZELNUTS are used for NUTELLA

 

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Putting tangerines in Christmas stockings comes from 12th century French nuns who left socks of fruit and nuts at houses of the poor

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You can hear rhubarb grow

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The most STOLEN food in the world is CHEESE

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The UK consumes on average 7 litres of ice cream per person per year. That’s 14 tubs!

 

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In Japan, eel and squid are popular PIZZA TOPPINGS

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Cranberries are commonly referred to as ‘bounce berries’ because they bounce when they’re ripe