Did you know that wild boars have some pretty refined eating habits? 🧐🍽 At the Basel Zoo in Switzerland, zookeepers observed adult and young boars picking up sandy apples 🍏 and taking them to a nearby creek to wash before eating. 🌊👏 While some foods like sugar beets were eaten as-is, these clever creatures even brought a whole chicken 🐔 to the water for a rinse before feasting! 🍴 An ecologist called this unique act a “luxury behavior.” 🐾✨ facts fun fact animals food

Did you know that Johnny Appleseed (aka John Chapman) didn’t plant apples for eating? 🌱 While he planted thousands of trees across the U.S., the apples were actually much bitterer than the sweet ones we buy today. 😖 His apples were meant to be turned into hard cider, not for munching on! 🍻 fact facts fun fact food history

The earliest oranges, originating in Southeast Asia, were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid and were green! 🍏 Even today, in tropical regions like Vietnam and Thailand, oranges stay green when ripe 🌴☀️🍊✨ fact facts fun fact food history