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fact[0]= "How do you know when the pasta is 'done'? One way is to toss a piece of pasta against a wall if it sticks to the wall, it is done!"
fact[1]= "It is estimated that Italians eat over sixty pounds of pasta per person, per year easily beating Americans, who eat about twenty pounds per person."
fact[2]= "In the 1800s, pasta was sold by street vendors, who cooked it over charcoal fire, and it was eaten on the spot with bare hands."
fact[3]= "Italians love pasta so much that there is a museum for pasta, the museo storico degli spaghetti in pontedassio, italy. "
fact[4]= "Legend has it that the traditional cream and cheese sauce, Alfredo, takes its name from a Rome restaurateur called Alfredo."
fact[5]= "Bolognese originated from the region of Bologna in Italy."
fact[6]= "Japanese slurp their noodles loudly to show that the food is nice. "
fact[7]= "Since noodles are always in the form of long strands, they are symbolic of longevity and are always present in Chinese birthday parties"
fact[8]= "The most commonly eaten noodle is the instant ramen introduced by Momufuku Ando of Nissin Food Products as chicken ramen in 1957."
fact[9]= "Hand-pulled noodles are so fine that it has been calculated that a dough with 1.5 kilograms of wheat flour can make 144,000 hair-thin noodles each 17 cm long for a total length equivalent to two kilometers"
fact[10]= "Australians consume more than 18 million kilograms of noodles every year – that's almost one kilogram per person!"
fact[11]= "Noodles have been created from flour and water since 1000BC and today they are more popular than ever."
fact[12]= "Noodles are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals including thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and iron. Iron helps transport oxygen throughout the body and thiamin, riboflavin and niacin help convert carbohydrates into energy." 
fact[13]= "A recent survey among Americans showed that 77 percent of Americans ate pasta at least once a week, and a third ate it three or more times a week." 

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