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... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, sold tea, coffee and cocoa at a penny a pint and also provided billiards and reading rooms?
... that actor Tatsunari Kimura ate pancakes and drank coffee while talking for eight hours during the filming of the television drama Old-Fashioned Cupcake?
... that in a copyright infringement case over a coffee-table history of the Grateful Dead, the Second Circuit held that a reuser can still claim fair use despite negotiating with the rights holder?
... that Mammillaria luethyi was not seen for 44 years after being discovered growing in a coffee can on the windowsill of Mrs Crosby's?
... that Steem peanut butter contained as much caffeine per serving as two cups of coffee?
... that Franz Liszt's female admirers would fight over his cigar stubs and coffee dregs as souvenirs?
... that Kenyan coffee farmer "Pinkie" Jackson amassed Africa's largest collection of native butterflies?
... that Justly Watson died suddenly in 1757 from the effects of poison administered in his coffee, it was believed, by a servant?
... that the city council of Bandung in the Dutch East Indies initially met at the site of a former coffee-packing factory?
... that a Vancouver TV station was intended to stop the "$1,500 cup of coffee"?

Food & drink DYK

... that the Indianapolis Community Food Access Coalition was created to resolve food deserts in the city of Indianapolis?
... that the New York Savings Bank Building later became "The Grand Palais of Rugs" and the "Temple of Food"?
... that Raymond Bushland and Edward F. Knipling won the 1992 World Food Prize for developing the sterile insect technique which eliminated parasitic screw-worms from the United States?
... that before becoming the first woman president of the American College of Sports Medicine, Barbara L. Drinkwater had an undefeated season as a women's college basketball coach?
... that the reactions to food depicted in the manga series Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma were decided on through free association games?
... that the Japanese TV show Iron Chef gained a cult following on a San Francisco TV station before it was dubbed into English and aired on the Food Network?
... that Fred G. Sullivan's film The Beer-Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking depicts Sullivan being humiliated with mud and whips for the failings of his previous film?
... that agronomist Simon Groot was awarded the 2019 World Food Prize for "benefiting hundreds of millions of consumers with greater access to nutritious vegetables"?
... that in November 2022, Leicester City Council used the Food Act 1984 in combination with a royal charter of 1199 to levy a charge on the organisers of two Christmas light switching-on events?
... that a viral video by an Indian influencer resulted in the sugar content of Bournvita being cut by almost 15 percent?
... that Rosalind Creasy wrote a landmark book on edible landscaping?
... that Gleaners Food Bank has served more than 700 million pounds (320 million kg) of food in Indiana?
... that a two-year-old food bank contributed 150 semi-trucks of supplies to relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina?
... that Adele reduced the length of "I Drink Wine" from fifteen to six minutes because her label thought that no one would play a fifteen-minute song on the radio?
... that before Angeli Foods was sold this year, the first self-service grocery store in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan had been owned by three generations of a single family?
... that Foodbank Canterbury receives products from a prison?
... that John Bunker was inspired to propagate old apple tree varieties after encountering Black Oxford apples while managing the food co-op in Belfast, Maine?

Restaurant DYK

... that after the original Stonewall Inn closed in 1969, its space was used by a bagel shop, a Chinese restaurant, and a clothing store?
... that a New York pop-up restaurant opened by Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"?
... that in March 1991, hundreds of inmates rioted at the Eden Detention Center over a lack of vegetables on the cafeteria menu, causing an estimated US$250,000 in damages?
... that the restaurant CosMc's is named after a character from McDonaldland?
... that in a segment filmed for The Late Report, comedian John Safran got frisked by police after going to a McDonald's restaurant dressed up as Ronald McDonald?
... that a restaurant in a Thai hotel serves "Chicken Volcano", a dish containing whiskey?
... that Malinau Kota, Indonesia, with 31 percent of the population of Malinau Regency, is home to more than 70 percent of its registered restaurants?
... that Chicago's Kasama is the world's first Filipino restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star?
... that food critic Grace Dent reviewed a Liverpool restaurant that served her rice pudding flavoured with a substance that is banned in the United States for its lethality?
... that T-Pain said that he thought of the concept for the song "Good Life" while dining at a restaurant with Kanye West?
... that the South Indian restaurant New Krishna Bhavan served 600 litres (160 US gal) of sambar every day?
... that the Saikabo Korean restaurant chain in Japan suffered a 30% drop in sales after the South Korean president visited the disputed Liancourt Rocks?
... that almost 45 percent of Taiwan's beer purchases come from rechao restaurants?
... that Kuappi in Iisalmi, Finland, holds the Guinness world record for the smallest restaurant?
... that Tomas Fung founded the predecessor of the restaurant Ling Nam with only 3,000 Philippine pesos?
... that North and South Korean politicians have expressed fondness for Seoul's third-oldest restaurant?
... that Feastogether launched a restaurant that was Taiwan's highest-priced buffet when it opened in 2023?
... that Tropicana was reportedly the first building in Singapore to contain nightclubs, restaurants, and a theatre?
... that Mayling Oey-Gardiner went from being a University of Indonesia clerk to a full professor?
... that One Chun, a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand restaurant, has black-and-white televisions, transistor radios, and aged clocks on a wall?
... that after Mary Gardiner Horsford died, her husband married her sister Phoebe?
... that Mira, a Hong Kong YouTuber, was asked by the Korea Tourism Organization to be a spokeswoman for Michelin-starred restaurants one year after she started her channel?
... that an Iowa TV station operates from a former McDonald's restaurant?
... that when Seattle sandwich restaurant Paseo abruptly closed, fans left flowers and lit candles?
... that a casino, a bar, and formerly a restaurant occupy what was once one of Brighton's most important cinemas?

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