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• Americans consume more than 30 million pounds of snack food during the Super Bowl. • February was declared National Snack Food Month in 1989. . 25% of an average person's daily calorie intake is from snacks. • M & M's were developed so soldiers could eat candy without getting their fingers sticky. • Over 15 billion prizes have been given away in Cracker Jack boxes. • Brazil got its name from the Brazil nut, not the other way around. • There is no such thing as blue food, even blueberries are purple. • Chocolate comes from the nut off a cacao tree and is actually very healthy before adding the fat and calories we normally do. |
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