One in three of the world beer breweries are located in Germany.

There are about 100 million bubbles in a bottle of champagne.

Capers are pickled buds of perennial plant called caper. Caper buds flower and produce a fruit called a caper berry which also can be pickled.

Whale milk is one of the highest-fat milks, containing up to 50% fat. It is not used for human consumption.

According to World Wildlife Fund, a single kilogram of beef requires 16,000 litres of water throughout three-year lifespan of a cow.

Lemon juice is used to marinate fish in order to neutralize the fish odor: the acid in lemon converts the amines in fish into nonvolatile ammonium salts.

Only the top 2-5 cm of the mature tea plant are picked, and during the growing season the plants grow new leaves for picking every seven to ten days.