CostCo sold 69 million hot dog and soda combos for $1.50 last year!

In the United Kingdom and Australia, the 3 Musketeers is called a Milky Way, and the American Milky Way is called a Mars Bar. The American Milky Way is also a Mars Bar in Canada. Recently, the American Mars bar was renamed "Snickers Almond" to simplify chocolate-eating for world-travelers.

In Japan, the average number of eggs eaten/person/year is 347. The US makes the list with 238 per person per year.

The elephant bird, extinct within the last 1,000 years, laid an egg that was seven times larger than an ostrich egg. These eggs weighed about 12kg apiece, were 30 cm long and could hold up to 8.5L of liquid or the equivalent of 12,000 hummingbird eggs -- sure makes one hell of an omelet...

Pasteurization is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful bacteria, viruses, etc. and was named after its inventor, Louis Pasteur.

They're also the largest property owner in the world, according to an old fact.

Hollywood Candy Company created the candy in 1932. The inventors were trying to come up with a name for the new candy bar when one of them suggested Payday since it just happened to be payday at the company. The name stuck.

The original product packaging (back in 1912) pictured an old seaman throwing a life preserver to a young female swimmer with the slogan "For That Stormy Breath."

The word lemon is from an Asian language word meaning "sour" or "sour fruit".

Bobby Kempf of Roanoke, VA ate 3 lemons whole, including skin and seeds, in 15.3 seconds!

The cat feasts on ripe coffee cherries then passes them through its system, after which they are gathered and roasted like other coffee beans. The coffee is said to be like no other, and has a rich flavor with hints of caramel and chocolate.

Since green olives are picked while unripe, they are more dense and more likely to be bitter than black olives.

By buying locally-produced honey, your body gets small doses of the same pollen that can trigger your allergies. In the same fashion that a vaccine works, by giving your body the honey, allergies may be dramatically reduced! So the closer you live to the beekeeper, the better off you are!

On average, 147 million people see a Taco Bell commercial each week -- more than half the population of America... Yo quiero taco bell!

Apples are a distant second at 16.7 pounds/person/year.

On children's cereal boxes, the animated characters eyes always look downwards. This allows children (shorter than adults) walking through the aisles of the grocery stores to make eye contact with the cereal character (and want to buy it).

See Lucky Charms, Trix, Froot Loops, Fruity Pebbles, and even Honey Nut Cheerios.

Now Albert Einstein, Sexy Spice (Victoria Beckham), Natalie Portman, and I will have somewhere to eat.

Splenda is 600 times sweeter than sugar.

It is named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter - not the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth.

Approximately 70 percent is eaten in the home (home popped and pre-popped) and about 30 percent outside the home (theaters, stadiums, schools, etc.).

It was renamed Pepsi-Cola because of its pepsin and kola nut content.

The answer is a chemical compound called Capsaicin (see also a January fact), which is found in the inside wall of the pepper and in its white lining. Capsaicin is odorless and tasteless, except for the hot, tangy sensation it yields. The true flavor of a pepper comes from its outer walls.

That is 15,000 drinks every second! Just take a look at all the brands the Coca-Cola Company owns.

On a sadder note, the owner of Coca-Cola sold two men the exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola across the US for only one dollar ($1) in 1899.

The world's largest lollipop was made by Jolly Rancher in 2002 and weighed in at over two tons and a billion calories. Meaning that it would take a 150 lb person a straight year of running a 9 minute mile to burn off all the fat-free calories.

But no one's allowed to lick it. Suckers.

According to the National Restaurant Association, 2002 food service broke down as follows:

42% Eat on premises
18% Drive-thru
35% Takeout
5% Delivery

PepsiCo owns 16 brands that each generate over $1 billion in revenue. Pepsi has 32% of the $64 billion U.S. soft drink market

PepsiCo merged with Frito-Lay in 1965. Snacks now account for 57% of PepsiCos worldwide revenue.

Diet Pepsi was created in 1964. Diet Coke was created in 1982.