Did You Know?

The leaves of the rhubarb plant are potentially fatal! They contains oxalic acid, a kidney-damaging compound also found in bleach and anti-corrosive products.
Pineapples stop ripening the minute they are picked. So if you buy one, eat it right away…no reason to wait!
One stalk of celery contains a mere six calories.
Avocados contain twice as much potassium as bananas.
Turns out, bell peppers are male and female—you just have to turn them over to figure out which is which. The male peppers have three “bumps” on the bottom, while female peppers have four.
Four of the top 10 leading causes of disability in the U.S. are mental health issues—bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Worldwide, depression is the leading cause of disability.
The average American drinks 500 cans of soda a year. That’s more than 42 cans a month, more than nine cans a week and 1.3 cans a day!
People who smoke risk losing as much as one-third of their everyday memory.
Brisk walking for at least three hours a week can decrease your risk of heart disease by 65 percent.
That know-it-all may actually suffer from Dunning-Kruger Effect. The hallmark of the phenomenon is the less people know, the more they think they know.
It takes you 12 hours to fully digest a meal.