6 Unique Facts about Foods that Few People Know
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1. Raw oysters are still alive when you eat them
Oysters get stale so fast that chefs have to serve them quickly while they’re still alive. In general, it can survive out of the water for up to two weeks. Once it dies, its not safe to eat anymore. So if you have eaten oysters before, its probably still alive. But it’s okay, because oysters don’t have central nervous system, which means that they can’t feel pain.
2. Honey will never expire
In its natural state, honey is very low in moisture and very acidic. Those two characteristics makes even hundreds of years old honey still edible. Archaeologists have found pots of honey from thousands of years ago and it’s still fresh.
3. People once thought tomatoes were poisonous
Tomato was nicknamed “the poison apple” in 18th century Europe because aristocrats often get sick and die after eating them. Little that they know, what made them sick and die is because of their choice of tableware, not the tomatoes. High acidity of tomatoes leads to melt from the pewter plates that used by aristocrats and make their food poisoning.
4. Grapes will explode if you put them in the microwave
If you split the grape in almost half, and put in the microwave, it’ll create an explosive fireball of plasma and lighting. Microwave work by using microwave radiation to generate the heat and if you don’t heat up anything or in this case, you heat very small grapes that doesn’t need to use much power, the electromagnetic waves have nothing to do and they become concentrated. The grapes are more like an antenna and conducts the electricity in microwave.
5. Crackers will give you cavities faster than candy
You always hear that “candy will rot your teeth” since you were a kid. But there are many foods that can rot our teeth faster than candy, one of it is crackers. Why? Because of the acid in crackers. We always eat crackers and the spot between our teeth become sticky, right? That makes the bacteria last longer in your teeth.
6. Chili peppers contain a chemical that tricks your mouth into “thinking” it’s being burned
The burning sensation you get when eating spicy pepper is a mental reaction, not a physical one. Chili pepper contains a chemical known as capsaicin, which naturally binds to the pain receptors on our nerves. Your brain thinks you swallow something hot, so you start to sweat and your face turns red.
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