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    Fast facts: Aug. 27

    When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

    Four tablespoons of ketchup contains as much nutrition as a medium-size tomato.

    Humans and Koshima Island monkeys are the only creatures that intentionally salt their food.

    In the 1800s, you could buy ketchup flavored with lobster, walnuts, oysters or anchovies.

    When pizza became popular in the United States in the 1930s, sales of oregano shot up 5,200 percent.

    Most widely used herb in the world: parsley.

    The top-selling spice in the world? Pepper. Mustard comes in second.

    Ketchup cleans copper. Apply, wait a minute and rinse!

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