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Fast facts:
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Only men were allowed to eat at the first self-service restaurant, the Exchange Buffet in New York, which opened in 1885. Customers ate standing up.
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The early Indians of the Southwestern United States only ate the organs of the animals they hunted for food, and left the muscles for predatory animals. Their meat-eating habits were changed by European influences.
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Under U.S. federal guidelines, there should be 21 to 25 jumbo shrimp in a pound.
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The first bottles of Coca-Cola sold for a mere 5 cents a bottle in 1899. There are now more than 1,000 Coca-Cola bottling plants worldwide.
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Vinegar was the strongest acid known to the ancients.
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Papaya leaves and unripe papaya have an enzyme called papain that breaks down protein in meat to make it tender. That's why papaya can be used as a meat tenderizer.
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The eggplant has many names worldwide. In addition to "eggplant," it is called aubergine, brinjal, melanzana, garden egg, and patlican.
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On this date:
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In 1803, Congress accepted Ohio's constitution, but statehood was not ratified until 1953.
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In 1878, Thomas Alva Edison patented the gramophone, or phonograph.
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In 1884, tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana killed 800 people.
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In 1934, Bob and Dolores Hope married.
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In 1945, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
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In 1969, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet underwent its first test flight.
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In 1987, an anti-smoking ad aired for first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner.
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In 1992, porn producer Jim Mitchell was found guilty of killing his brother Artie.
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Quotable...
"It takes the very nature and essence of motherhood - to nurture, to protect and to love - and changes the reality."
-George Parnham, the lawyer for Andrea Yates, about the woman's mental illness and how it affected her actions in the the possible drowning of her five children.
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