7% of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That works out to 16.4 million people.
100 Mind-Blowing Milk Facts
Platypuses sweat milk. This is because it doesn’t have teats. Milk appears as sweat on a platypus, but it’s an aquatic mammal so it doesn’t sweat at all.
Platypuses sweat milk.
When Swedish scientists and brothers Rickard and Björn Öste tried to sell oat milk to traditional milk makers, they were laughed out of the room. Now, the Oatly co-founders are having the last laugh, as oat milk has caught on at coffee shops and grocery stores all over the world.
As Food52 reported, the San Francisco syrup company Torani is said to have invented the flavoured latte in 1982. Its origin story alleges that the retired coffee industry veteran LC “Brandy” Brandenburg created a flavoured latte out of steamed milk, espresso and Torani’s vanilla and orange syrups, which he dubbed “Fantasia.”
Milk that is used for Le Gruyère AOP cheese can travel no more than 12 miles from the cow to the production facility, and factors like what wildflowers the cow ate can change the taste of the cheese.
Adult cats are lactose intolerant. Like some humans, adult cats don’t have enough the lactase enzyme to digest lactose from milk, causing them to vomit, have diarrhea, or get gassy. Cats only have enough of that enzyme when they’re born and during the early years of their lives.
Cows have “best friends” and will get stressed when separated. If a cow is taken away from her “best friend,” her stress levels will decrease her milk yields. Surprisingly, cows are not the only species that form attachments to certain companions. The “best friend” preference is also observed in certain bats, elephants, chimps, and dolphins.
Milk wagons are the reason why we have roadway lines. These lines were devised by a man who saw dots of milk spilling out from a moving milk wagon. These lines are considered to be the most important traffic safety device.
About 7% of American adults believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows. While this may not seem like a lot, this totals around 16.4 million Americans. Imagine how they feel when you tell them buttermilk doesn’t have any butter in it.
White chocolate isn’t chocolate. This is made from a blend of sugar and milk products along with some cocoa powder and vanilla extracts. The reason why this cannot be classified as chocolate is that it does not contain any chocolate solids in its making process.
Greeks once believed that the mother’s milk originated from the uterus. During the Middle Ages, there was a vague understanding of the concept of breast milk. Many believed that this was produced in the uterus and travelled to the breast organ via a special vessel in the woman’s body.
White chocolate isn’t chocolate. Aside from the pineapple on pizza debate, white chocolate is one of the most polarizing food items that has divided nations. Whichever one you prefer, the hard truth is that white chocolate isn’t chocolate. It doesn’t contain cocoa solids. Instead, white chocolate is made of cocoa butter, milk, and sugar.
Cows hate country music. You’d think that cows would vibe with country music, but that’s not the case. According to research, cows produce 3% less milk when listening to country music. The study was conducted on a Scottish herd of 45 cows, which were made to listen to classical music and country music. With classical music, their milk production increased, with one particular cow making 1 litre more milk than usual. However, with country music, 44 cows were observed to yield 3% less milk.
Adult cats are lactose intolerant. As ironic as it sounds, feeding your grown cat milk can irritate their bowels.
Flamingos produce milk – kind of. No, they don’t have mammary glands – but flamingos can produce a certain “milk” from their upper digestive tracts. Both male and female flamingos produce crop milk to feed their chicks. This concoction contains protein, fat, and red and white blood cells.
The hippopotamus produces pink milk.
Platypuses “sweat” milk. Since they don’t have teats, milk appears as sweat on a platypus (it’s not technically sweat, though, since aquatic mammals don’t sweat at all).
Sloth mother’s milk is higher in fat (6.9 %) and protein (61%) than cow’s milk.
Both male and female pigeons produce a substance called crop milk to feed their chicks. Very few birds have this rare ability, just greater flamingos, emperor penguins, pigeons and doves.
Platypuses ooze milk from all over their skin.
There’s a world record for the holder of the most world records: Ashrita Furman, who’s set more than 600 records and currently holds more than 200. His records have ranged from the fastest mile on a pogo stick, the longest time to hula hoop underwater and the greatest distance travelled on a bicycle balancing a milk bottle on the head.
Brits drink a lot of tea… about 100 million cups every day!: The stereotype that the British drink a lot of tea is immediately confirmed with this fun fact. They drink around 100-160 million cups of tea daily, which is about 36 billion every year. The difference from most of the countries in the world is that almost all the tea drinkers in the UK (98%) add milk to their cup of tea.
Brits Consume Over 100 Million Cups of Tea Daily: The first interesting fact about the UK that comes to mind may be that the Brits love drinking tea. This fun fact about the UK directly confirms the idea that people from Britain drink a lot of tea. They consume between 100 and 160 million cups of tea daily, or around 36 billion annually. The UK differs from most other countries in the world in that a whopping 98% of tea drinkers add milk to their brew.