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McDonald’s once sold a Hawaiian ‘burger’

The Hula Burger, which came on the scene in the early 1960s, consisted of a slice of grilled pineapple and cheese on a bun. Created by McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, it was offered as alternative for Catholics who didn’t eat meat on Fridays. The Hula burger never caught on, nor could it compete with the other meatless option, Filet-O-Fish, and was quickly discontinued. 50 Weird Facts That Most People Don’t Know

You can make a diamond out of peanut butter

Diamonds and peanut butter both contain carbon, so scientist Dan Frost at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut in Germany decided to see if he could convert the carbon from peanut butter into a diamond. After Frost exposed peanut butter to the same intense heat and pressure a diamond undergoes in the earth, he was able to produce a crystallized diamond. But it’s not as easy as it sounds, in order to make a peanut butter diamond, you’d need to heat it to at least 2,000 Fahrenheit. Frost’s discovery is what you can file under weird science facts.- 50 Weird Facts That Most People Don’t Know

Fiat once sold a car with an espresso machine

The Italian automaker Fiat installed a Lavazza built-in espresso maker in its 2012 500L model. The car was only available in Europe, and you could only brew coffee when the car was parked. It was a short-lived idea that never really took off, and Fiat reportedly ceased production a year later.

By the Number

50 million

Estimated worldwide sales of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon in various formats since it was first published in 1947.