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Essential fatty acids are called 'essential' because our bodies need them on a regular basis. They are found in foods rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6, including fish, flax seeds, nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and leafy vegetables.

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Salmon can jump vertically up to 3.6 meters (12 feet). To get back to their birthplace and reproduce, they sometimes jump over small dams and even waterfalls.

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Marlin fish found in the Atlantic ocean are big and fast. They weigh up 1,400lbs (630kg) and can swim 50 miles per hour (80km/h). Their pointy spear helps them hunt tuna and mackerel.

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Wheat is the most traded crop in the world. It's grown on more than 500 million acres (2 million square km) of land.

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French people eat 2 million eclairs every single day. It was invented in France where it was originally called "Pains à la duchesse."

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The world biggest restaurant buffet organized in November, 2010 by Art of Living Foundation in India offered more than 5000 different dishes.

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The southern elephant seal is the world largest seal. It can dive more than 3300 feet (1 km) while hunting for fish.

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The South American fish "Pacu" is the world's only fish that eats nuts. It's jaws are so powerful that it can crack open nuts underwater.

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There is always an even number of rows on a corn cob.

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In the 1830's ketchup was marketed as a medicine for an upset stomach and rheumatism.

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There are over 100 flavors of ice cream in the world, from cookie dough to bacon. The best selling, accounting for about 1/3 of all ice cream sold is vanilla flavored.

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The pineapple starts out as a multi-fruit by producing up to 200 flowers. The flowers turn into interlocking spirals of berries and attach to the stem. They are typically arranged in a 8 by 13 matrix, both numbers being part of the Fibonacci sequence.

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