A few fun food facts...

-The first carrot grown was purple. In the 16th century, the Dutch made orange carrots by breeding pale
yellow ones with red ones.
-The largest head of lettuce on record weighed 25 pounds! Americans eat about 30 pounds of lettuce every
year.
-The largest apple on record weighed over 4 pounds, as much as a half gallon of milk. Apples are 25% air, which is why they float in water. Apples are more efficient than caffeine at waking you up in the morning.
-Lollipops were first made in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith.  They were named after a race horse of the time, Lolly Pop.
-Splenda is 600 times sweeter than sugar.