FoodBozo.com

National Donut Day is on the first Friday of June each year, succeeding the Donut Day event created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I.

National Donut Day isn’t just a half-baked marketing scheme….

View the video here: Who Knew?

• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad in first class.
• Toxic house plants poison more children than household chemicals.
• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
• In the 1800′s, people believed that gin could cure stomach problems.
• McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food heavy users.
• Americans ate eight million more orders of french fries and almost six million more hamburgers this year compared to last.
• Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year.
• Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century.
• Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced.
• Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.
• Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache.
• The only “real” food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.