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Friday Factoid – Live From China

Christina — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:38:20 +0000

Christina is performing in China this week and sent this factoid along:

The fortune cookies we eat at Chinese restaurants in America are not Chinese at all. They are truly an American food, invented in California. Fortune cookies are now sold in China as “Genuine American Fortune Cookies.”

http://www.chinese-fortune-cookie.com/fortune-cookie-history.html

Apparently one of the few foods that we eat in America that is truly Chinese is ice cream! The flavors over here are different, though. I rarely find chocolate, but I have enjoyed red bean, mung bean, and corn flavors.

Fool’s Academy Friday Factoid

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:22:06 +0000

Fool’s Academy will be posting a fun fact every Friday. Check back to see what they are!

Pepper was once so valuable it was used as a form of money. Here in New York City, Trinity Church paid a rent of one peppercorn per year to the King of England. In 1976, Queen Elizabeth II came to New York and was paid 279 peppercorns in back rent.

http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Trinity-Church,-New-York

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admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0000

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