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Weird But True! Food: 300 Bite-Size Facts About Incredible Edibles
This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of food! Step up to the plate to get 100 percent new content, with 300 more of the amazing facts plus photos that kids just can't get enough of.
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208 pages, Paperback
First published March 10, 2015
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March 4, 2021
I love this series as they are quick and amusing reads that make learning fun. You never know what odd fact will pique a child’s curiosity and stimulate further learning. This food edition offers a suitable and enticing mix of appealing tidbits and relevant facts. Here’s a sampling:
You can start a campfire using an orange.
The cherimoya fruit, native to South America, tastes like bubble gum.
You can buy dill-pickle or wasabi-flavored candy canes.
The color of the twist ties on bread loaves is code for the day of the week the bread was baked.
Coca-Cola is the second most understood word in the world. After “OK.”
The Pillsbury Doughboy’s name is Poppin’ Fresh. He has a wife, Poppie, and two kids, Popper and Bun-Bun.
Most Americans regularly eat fewer than 30 different foods.
Chocolate-covered bacon on a stick is a popular treat at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Snap, crackle, pop (USA) =
Knisper, knasper, knusper (Germany)
Pim, pum, pam (Mexico)
Pif, paf, pof (Belgium)
You can start a campfire using an orange.
The cherimoya fruit, native to South America, tastes like bubble gum.
You can buy dill-pickle or wasabi-flavored candy canes.
The color of the twist ties on bread loaves is code for the day of the week the bread was baked.
Coca-Cola is the second most understood word in the world. After “OK.”
The Pillsbury Doughboy’s name is Poppin’ Fresh. He has a wife, Poppie, and two kids, Popper and Bun-Bun.
Most Americans regularly eat fewer than 30 different foods.
Chocolate-covered bacon on a stick is a popular treat at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Snap, crackle, pop (USA) =
Knisper, knasper, knusper (Germany)
Pim, pum, pam (Mexico)
Pif, paf, pof (Belgium)
April 8, 2022
I like how the book has facts.
December 24, 2019
These books are ridiculously easy and fun to read. They have bright, eye-catching texts and photos and the facts are curious, disgusting, and sometimes baffling. No wonder my students eat these up!
*It takes about 25 tomatoes to make a 14 oz bottle of ketchup.
*The human stomach can hold up to half a gallon of food and water.
*Your taste buds last about 10 days then you grab new ones.
*The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
*On average Americans eat about 15 pounds of cereal a year.
*It takes about 25 tomatoes to make a 14 oz bottle of ketchup.
*The human stomach can hold up to half a gallon of food and water.
*Your taste buds last about 10 days then you grab new ones.
*The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
*On average Americans eat about 15 pounds of cereal a year.
March 8, 2019
This is not a story book but it tells you cool stuff about different foods. Do you like to eat? Do you like food? Read the book and you’ll DROOL. I learned many interesting food facts and I like the fun pictures too.
October 16, 2017
Really cool, albeit weird "bite-size" facts about food. Some interesting tidbits that I picked up:
Mayonnaise can be used to polish piano keys.
Every day, more than 70 million customers in over 100 countries eat at a McDonald's.
Next to oil, coffee is the most valuable commodity in the world.
Washing your clothes with a teaspoon of black pepper keeps colors from fading.
Chilies were used to cure headaches in China 2,000 years ago.
Norway faced a nationwide butter shortage in 2011.
Never cut your noodles in China: A long noodle represents a long life.
Cooked carrots are more nutritious than raw ones.
It doesn't matter what color Froot Loops you eat; they are all the same flavor.
Radishes were used to embalm the dead in ancient Egypt.
Scientists are working on inventing a plate that doesn't need to be washed.
A gadget that attaches to a smartphone can emit scents of different foods -- like sizzling meat.
At a restaurant in the Maldive Islands, the dining room is underwater, 16 feet below sea level.
The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
Deep-fried tarantulas are popular snacks in Cambodia.
The average American kid will eat 1,500 peanut butter & jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school.
The marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal are called Marbits.
The average American eats about 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving -- that's the same as eating 26 slices of cheese pizza.
Coca-Cola is the 2nd most understood word in the world, after OK.
Kiwis can be used to tenderize meat.
The mystery flavors of Dum Dum lollipops are two regular flavors mixed together. (They are created when one flavor ends on the production line and the next flavor starts.)
Eating cheese may help you fight cavities.
Each blue sticker on a Chiquita banana is placed there by hand.
Canada has more donut shops per person than any other country.
There are enough marshmallow Peeps made every year to circle the globe twice.
Kids who like sweet foods better than salty ones tend to be taller for their age.
Mangoes are related to pistachios -- and poison ivy.
A Japanese designer creates edible plates, bowls, and chopsticks using a special kind of biscuit dough.
A restaurant in New Zealand shoots burgers to customers' tables through clear tubes at 87 miles per hour.
Early movie theaters banned popcorn because it was too messy.
A diner in Ohio, serves grilled cheese sandwiches made with donuts.
A German design company made a cookbook entirely out of fresh pasta, so you can read it, cook it, and eat it.
This was a wild and crazy read!
Mayonnaise can be used to polish piano keys.
Every day, more than 70 million customers in over 100 countries eat at a McDonald's.
Next to oil, coffee is the most valuable commodity in the world.
Washing your clothes with a teaspoon of black pepper keeps colors from fading.
Chilies were used to cure headaches in China 2,000 years ago.
Norway faced a nationwide butter shortage in 2011.
Never cut your noodles in China: A long noodle represents a long life.
Cooked carrots are more nutritious than raw ones.
It doesn't matter what color Froot Loops you eat; they are all the same flavor.
Radishes were used to embalm the dead in ancient Egypt.
Scientists are working on inventing a plate that doesn't need to be washed.
A gadget that attaches to a smartphone can emit scents of different foods -- like sizzling meat.
At a restaurant in the Maldive Islands, the dining room is underwater, 16 feet below sea level.
The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
Deep-fried tarantulas are popular snacks in Cambodia.
The average American kid will eat 1,500 peanut butter & jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school.
The marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal are called Marbits.
The average American eats about 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving -- that's the same as eating 26 slices of cheese pizza.
Coca-Cola is the 2nd most understood word in the world, after OK.
Kiwis can be used to tenderize meat.
The mystery flavors of Dum Dum lollipops are two regular flavors mixed together. (They are created when one flavor ends on the production line and the next flavor starts.)
Eating cheese may help you fight cavities.
Each blue sticker on a Chiquita banana is placed there by hand.
Canada has more donut shops per person than any other country.
There are enough marshmallow Peeps made every year to circle the globe twice.
Kids who like sweet foods better than salty ones tend to be taller for their age.
Mangoes are related to pistachios -- and poison ivy.
A Japanese designer creates edible plates, bowls, and chopsticks using a special kind of biscuit dough.
A restaurant in New Zealand shoots burgers to customers' tables through clear tubes at 87 miles per hour.
Early movie theaters banned popcorn because it was too messy.
A diner in Ohio, serves grilled cheese sandwiches made with donuts.
A German design company made a cookbook entirely out of fresh pasta, so you can read it, cook it, and eat it.
This was a wild and crazy read!
March 21, 2018
turophobia is the fear of cheese!
April 20, 2018
i like all the food facts and new stuff
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April 20, 2020I learned to not put grapes in the microwave it makes a fire I just saved ur life
May 17, 2021
It was really impressively great book!!! :D
February 21, 2023
So funny and entertaining
September 13, 2025
Really good
March 17, 2017
a favorite of my 6 year old
September 16, 2015
Kids love these books and it's easy to see why. Bright colors, interesting facts, fun both to flip around or read through. The amount of retained facts? Eh. Not high, but that's not entirely the point either.
"Worcestershire sauce is made from vinegar-soaked anchovies" p 27 - who knew?
"Washing your clothes with a teaspoon of black pepper keeps colors from fading." p 49
"Worcestershire sauce is made from vinegar-soaked anchovies" p 27 - who knew?
"Washing your clothes with a teaspoon of black pepper keeps colors from fading." p 49
July 2, 2015
It taught me very funny and quirky things. Did you know that turophobia is the fear of cheese?
September 8, 2015
Great read!
February 19, 2016
it was good because you got to learn facts that you didn't know so it is really intresting so thats why I liked it.
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February 9, 2018I think it was a very interesting, but I think It's more entertaining than informing, because I don't think you can remember all those facts. But it is fun to read for anyone even if they don't like teaching books.
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