Fact: Ice Water Calories

Drinking 16 ounces of ice water(0 degrees Celsius), requires the body to burn 17.5 Calories to warm the water up to body temperature. The recommended daily intake of water is 64 ounces (eight 8-ounce glasses). The body will burn 70 Calories if this amount is consumed as ice water.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2006-12-17
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Fact: Pop Rocks

To make Pop Rocks, the hot sugar mixture is allowed to mix with carbon dioxide gas at about 600psi. The carbon dioxide gas forms tiny, 600psi bubbles in the candy. When you put the candy in your mouth, it melts and releases the bubbles. What you are hearing and feeling is the 600psi carbon dioxide gas being released from each bubble.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2006-12-17
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Fact: Baby Carrots

The "baby carrots" sold in supermarkets, are often not from a smaller cultivar of carrot, but are simply full-sized carrots that have been sliced and peeled to make carrot sticks of a uniform shape and size.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2006-12-17

Fact: Ketchup

Ketchup has not always been made out of tomatoes. It started out as a general term for sauce, typically made of mushrooms or fish brine with herbs and spices. Mushroom ketchup is still available in some countries, such as the UK. Some popular early main ingredients include anchovy, oyster, lobster, walnut, kidney bean, cucumber, cranberry, lemon, and grape.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2006-12-17
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Fact: Hot Dogs

This validity of this fact is questionable...
Hot dogs are the most widely consumed form of sausage in the USA.
Contributed by Random Facts on 2006-12-17



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