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Rice and corn are the top most eaten foods in the world.

Rice and corn are the top most eaten foods in the world. About 3 billion people eat rice each day.

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Japan is the "vending machine capital of the world." Beer, whiskey, cigarettes, underwear, sausages, rice, eggs and potted plants are just a few of the many items you'd find in Japanese vending machines.

The world's biggest food fight takes place during the annual "La tomatina" festival in Valencia, Spain. It uses more than 150,000 tomatoes, and lasts for one hour.

The first known recipe for making gingerbread dates back to 2400 B.C in the Greek island of Rhodes.

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The human body cannot produce vitamin C, an essential nutrient.

The human body cannot produce vitamin C, an essential nutrient. To ensure adequate levels of vitamin C it must be consumed daily.

Wheat is the most traded crop in the world. It's grown on more than 500 million acres (2 million square km) of land.

French people eat 2 million eclairs every single day. It was invented in France where it was originally called "Pains à la duchesse."

The world biggest restaurant buffet organized in November, 2010 by Art of Living Foundation in India offered more than 5000 different dishes.

There is always an even number of rows on a corn cob.

Cube shaped watermelons in Japan cost two to three times the normal price, about $90US. Their cube shape helps to save space in the fridge.

In the 1830's ketchup was marketed as a medicine for an upset stomach and rheumatism.

There are over 100 flavors of ice cream in the world, from cookie dough to bacon. The best selling, accounting for about 1/3 of all ice cream sold is vanilla flavored.

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The pineapple starts out as a multi-fruit by producing up to 200 flowers. The flowers turn into interlocking spirals of berries and attach to the stem. They are typically arranged in a 8 by 13 matrix, both numbers being part of the Fibonacci sequence.

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