Fact of the day: Food facts

Drying fruit depletes it of 30-80% of its vitamin and antioxidant content.

Tomato sauce was used as a medicine back in the 1930s.

A hardboiled egg will spin, but a soft-boiled egg will not.

Avocados are poisonous to birds.

Chewing gum burns about 11 calories per hour.

More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.

Coconut water can be used as blood plasma.

Blueberries will not ripen until they are picked.