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January 24,
Interesting Fact - Plastic

Coca-Cola creates 3 million tonnes of plastic a year. That is the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.

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July 19,
Interesting Food - Milk

According to market research firm Mintel, a quarter of British people are now drinking non-dairy milks.

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May 19,
Interesting Fact - Drinking in the UK

According to findings from the 2019 Global Drug Survey, drinkers in the UK get drunk more often than anywhere else in the world. It appears Brits are getting drunk almost once a week. The report studied drinking habits in 36 countries, although there is an overall downward trend of drinking levels in the UK and abstention […]

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April 25,
Interesting Food - Pretzels

Pretzels are thought to have been invented by Italian monks in the 5th century. (Seemingly, they were made to resemble folded arms and given to children to reward them for good deeds.What happened to, "a good deed is its own reward"?) 

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February 8,
Interesting Food / Word - Pizza and The Pizza Effect

Pizza is thought to have been created over 1,000 years ago in Italy. (Of course it's now a worldwide phenomenon. In fact, the pizza effect is a term used to describe how elements of a nation or people's culture can be transformed or at least more fully embraced elsewhere, then re-imported back to their culture […]

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January 2,
Interesting Food - Sugar

According to Public Health England, kids in the UK eat more than half of their recommended sugar intake - at breakfast! (The culprit?  All those sugary breakfast cereals with cartoon characters on the packaging.  (Are you listening Tony?)  What is even more worrying is that 80% of parents think sugary cereals are healthy.) 

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