Yes or B.S.: Weird Food Facts for National Eat What You Want Day

It’s time for “Yes or B.S.”  We give you a statement, and you decide YES, it’s true . . . or NO, it’s total B.S.  It’s National Eat What You Want Day, so the topic is weird food facts.

1.  The word “pizza” has been around for over 1,000 years.

2. The average American eats more than 500 eggs a year.

3.  If you remove enough oxygen from peanut butter and put it under intense pressure, you can make DIAMONDS.

4.  In the early 1800s, ketchup was used as medicine.

5.  The average ear of corn has 16 rows of kernels.

Answers at the bottom of the page.

1.  Yes:  The first documented use of the word “pizza” was in the year 997 in Italy.
2.  B.S.  A report last year found the real number is 279 eggs a year.
3.  Yes:  It requires a lab, but it’s technically possible because peanut butter contains so much carbon.
4.  Yes:  A doctor in Ohio sold ketchup pills, claiming it could cure diarrhea and indigestion.
5.  Yes:  And almost all corncobs have an EVEN number of rows, not odd.  It’s because of how each row splits and doubles as the corn grows.