There’s no doubt about it: kids are sponges when it comes to learning (and picking up on swear words, turns out). We’ve rounded up some interesting facts for kids that will entertain and wow them (and you). Use these facts for kids at the dinner table or make it a trivia for kids night. Either way, we think these amazing facts will wow the family.

16 Delicious Food Facts

1.The world’s longest French fry is 34-inches long.  

2. Garlic bulbs are full of Vitamin C, iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc and more. It also has 17 amino acids.

3. On the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, potatoes were once used as currency.

4. The strawberry is the only fruit that bears seeds on the outside.

5. According to Tori Avey, coffee became a popular drink in America after the Boston Tea Party of 1773: making the switch from tea to coffee was considered a patriotic duty.

6. The double coconut palm produced the biggest seed in the world: 45 pounds.

7. Ice cream was once called “cream ice.”

8. Pound cake is so-called because the recipes once called for a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of flour. 

9. Peanuts aren’t nuts! (They’re legumes.)

10. Carrots weren’t always orange: they were once exclusively purple.