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Saffron remains the world's most expensive spice, with just a pound of it requiring around 75,000 purple crocus flowers to produce.
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Ancient Romans used to add lead to their wine to sweeten it, unknowingly poisoning themselves in the process.
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Carrots were originally purple or white, with the familiar orange variety only being developed by Dutch growers in the 17th century.
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The first recorded cookbook was written on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia around 1700 BCE.
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Honey is the only known food that never spoils - archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that is still perfectly edible.
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In medieval Europe, peacock was considered such a luxury food that wealthy hosts would often have the bird re-dressed in its feathers after cooking to serve at banquets.
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The pineapple was so rare in colonial America that people would often rent one for display at dinner parties to demonstrate their wealth and status.
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The practice of toasting drinks began in ancient Rome, where hosts would take the first sip to prove to guests that the wine wasn't poisoned.
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