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1. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
2. The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl
3. Potato crisps were invented by a North American Indian called George Crum
4. During a lifetime the average person eats about 35 tonnes of food
5. Within 2 hours of standing in daylight, milk loses between half and two-thirds of its vitamin B content
6. There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water
7. Bakers used to be fined if their loaves were under weight, so they used to add an extra loaf to every dozen, just in case - hence, the expression "baker's dozen
8. In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year
9. It has been traditional to serve fish with a slice of lemon since olden times, when people believed that the fruit's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed
10. The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat

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