- In Turkey, Eid-ul-Fitr is often called Seker Bayram, or the sugar festival. And that means lots of Baklava.
- Ripe cranberries will bounce like rubber balls.
- Did you know some smells can actually have a physical effect on your body? Not coffee! You should really be waking up to smell the grapefruit.
- Drinking water is important to prevent dehydration after extended periods of fasting. It is especially important after eating sweets as the kidneys will use water to flush sugar out of the system. Try to drink one cup of water every hour.
- Ketchup used to be used as a medicine. Back in the early 1800s, people thought tomatoes had medicinal qualities. One doctor claimed they could treat diarrhea and indigestion, so he made a recipe for a type of tomato ketchup which then became a pill.
