Bite-size food facts for pint-sized folks

My little boys just got a new National Geographic Kids magazine in the mail. Mostly, this publication contains all sorts of fun animal facts and figures -- did you know that alligators can live for 80 years and that warm frogs croak faster than cold frogs? It also features a bit of technology and sports news, a few family activities, and even a few tidbits about food. Here's what I learned in the March 2008 issue.

• The holes in Swiss cheese are called "eyes."

• Chewing gum burns 11 calories per hour.

• A head of broccoli is made of up hundreds of small flower buds.

• The largest corned beef sandwich on record weighed 5,440 pounds.

• Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.

• Applesauce was the first food eaten in space by an American astronaut.

Chances are you already know some of this. But the kids in your life may not. So share these bite-size facts with them and help them learn a thing or two about the world of food.