Doughnut machine

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Adolph Levitt, a Russian-born immigrant, invented the first automatic doughnut machine in 1920. He called it the “Wonderful Almost Human Automatic Donut Machine.” Fact source...

How to cook

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Italians claim to have taught the rest of Europe how to cook. Italy is responsible for introducing the world to ice cream (via the Chinese), coffee, and fruit pies. In addition to Belgium and France, Italy also claims to have made the first French fries. The first...

Culinary heritage

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When McDonald’s opened in 1986 in Rome, food purists outside the restaurant gave away free spaghetti to remind people of their culinary heritage. Fact source...

Ability to run

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The ancestors of humans developed the ability to run long distances about 2.6 million years ago, most likely to hunt prey for food. Fact source...

Pizza Principle

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Since the early 1960s, the price of pizza has uncannily matched the price of a New York subway ride. Known as the “Pizza Principle” or the “Pizza-Subway Connection,” this “economic law” is generally accurate. Fact source...

World’s largest pizza

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Baked in 2012, the world’s largest pizza measured 131 feet in diameter and weighed 51,257 pounds. It used 19,800 pounds of gluten-free flour, 10,000 pounds of tomato sauce, 8,800 pounds of mozzarella cheese, 1, 488 pounds of margarine, 551 pounds of rock salt,...