Ketchup was once used to cure diseases like diarrhoea and colds.
TRUE. In the 1830s ketchup was sold as medicine. The idea was first introduced by Dr. Cook Bennett who then would sell the recipe in form of "tomato pills".
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All bananas are not clones.
FALSE. All the bananas we eat are regrew from a single individual and therefore they contain the same genes. For this reason they can be thought of as clones
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Strawberries are not actually berries.
TRUE. Botanically speaking they're derived from a single flower with more than 1 ovary whereas berries come from one-ovary flower. So they are blackmailers!
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Honey will usually never go bad.
TRUE. Due to the fact that honey is low in water and high in sugar, bacteria cannot grow on it. It can be crystallised or darker but it's still safe to eat.
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Eating too much nutmeg cannot make you hallucinate.
FALSE. Nutmeg contains myristicin, chemically similar to MDMA or “ecstasy,” when consumed in high quantities nutmeg can cause giddiness, euphoria and distortion
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The most expensive pizza in the world costs around $12,000 and takes 72 hours to make.
TRUE. The dough is prepared with Arabian flour that needs to rest in advance and the toppings are caviar, lobster and 7 different cheese types.
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Pineapples grow out of the ground.
TRUE. Here is a picture of pineapples https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-reason-why-pineapples-grow-underground&psig=
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Green olives are just unripened black olives.
TRUE. The only difference between black and green olives is ripeness.
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Dog food gets testes by humans.
TRUE. They are called dog food tester and yes, they're professional and get paid very well.
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Gin doesn’t freeze.
TRUE. Unless you have some nitrogen at hand. Gin's ABV is at least 37.5% – which is too high to turn into ice in a domestic freezer.
