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  1. 73

    74: 🌽 XXX UNRATED Corn Smut NSFW [Explicit Farming]

    Which animal pees popcorn flavour? When is someone else's saliva in your drink a delicacy? Why is Tom Cruise so good at eating corn on the cob?

  2. 72

    73: 🌊 The Chef Who Caused A Tahini-nami

    How do you smuggle meat into a vegetarian restaurant? Who needs a mochi attachment on their hoover? What's a goth's favourite food? With special guest, chef and food writer Helen Graham

  3. 71

    72: ✈️ The Great Sandwich War Of 1958

    Who needs a gyroscopic kitchen? How do you save $500,000 by slicing limes? What actually is the deal with airline food? 

  4. 70

    71: 🌋 The World's Most Expensive Pistachios Come From A Volcano

    Why did pistachios used to be bright red? Where in the world do pistachio trees need police protection? How could a pistachio help you survive a car crash? 

  5. 69

    70: 🔐 Why The Recipe For [REDACTED] Is Locked In A Vault

    Why doesn't Coca Cola have to list their secret ingredients on their packaging? How do you break out of prison with peanut butter? What happened to the mythical Roman spice silphium?

  6. 68

    69: 💦 Could You Cook With Human Oil?

    Why should you beware of Chinese gutter oil? Which oil is the healthiest to fry with? Does snake oil actually work?

  7. 67

    68: 🫛 Ozempic For Medieval Peasants

    Why are frozen peas better than fresh peas? How do you use a pea as an alarm clock? Whose constipation can be cured with a single pea?

  8. 66

    67: 🍬 Why They Set Fire To Your Sugar

    When is it a good idea to set fire to your sugar cane field?  Why would you sprinkle sugar over a bee? Do you prefer your sugar in cubes or loaves? 

  9. 65

    66: 🐔 Why Chickens Need Spectacles

    Why would you put spectacles on a chicken? What's the secret to a perfect roast chicken? Do chickens find you beautiful?Another bite of the drumstick with cook and writer Ed Smith.

  10. 64

    65: 🌱 Screaming For Asparagus Ice Cream

    Why shouldn't you snap your asparagus in half? Who was known as The Giant Asparagus? How can you make a knife out of asparagus?

  11. 63

    64: 🐑 Why Are Doner Kebabs Cone Shaped?

    What's the difference between dagging and redding? Why are doner kebab spits cone-shaped? What makes mint go so well with roast lamb?

  12. 62

    63: 🥭 India's Magical Million Mango Tree

    Who was the Indiana Jones of mangoes? What's the best way to mail a mango? Do you know the Mango Man? 

  13. 61

    62: 🍴 Buckingham Palace's Upside-Down Forks

    Why are the forks in Buckingham Palace placed face down? Are spoons making us uglier? How do you flirt with a butter knife?

  14. 60

    61: 💃🏻 Victorian Girl Dinners

    What does a Victorian girl dinner look like? Why is the plough to blame for gender inequality? What's gay about quiche?

  15. 59

    60: 🎨 The $6.2 Million Banana

    Why did the Romans decorate their dining rooms with leftovers? How do you sell a banana for $6.2 million? Where can you eat dirt for fun? 

  16. 58

    59: 🥥 Performing Brain Surgery With A Coconut

    Why would you inject coconut water directly into your bloodstream? How can a coconut help in brain surgery? What do octopuses use coconut shells for?

  17. 57

    58: 🥣 The Best Place To Smear Yoghurt On A Hot Day

    Whose testicles grow when you feed them yoghurt? Which animal would give you the highest protein yoghurt?

  18. 56

    57: ☠️ The Deadliest Dishes Of History

    Which food do you need a licence to prepare? When are you at risk of Margarita burn? Why should you never accept marzipan from the Pope?

  19. 55

    56: 🫙 How To Hypnotise Your Pâté

    What does Catherine of Braganza have to do with marmalade? How do you hypnotise pâté? If Marmite...what about Pa?

  20. 54

    55: 🥕 Who Sabotaged Hitler's Carrots?

    How do you cure a floppy carrot? Why would you feed carrots to a chicken? Who sabotaged Hitler's carrots?

  21. 53

    54: 🐂 Bathing In Beef Broth

    What are the benefits of a beef broth bath? How do you turn a cow into a tennis racket? Would you chow down on some chewy arse-tongue? 

  22. 52

    53: 🍊 The Medieval King Who Gave Us Jaffa Cakes

    What can you do with a boiled orange? Which medieval king do we have to thank for Jaffa Cakes? Why does orange juice taste so bad after brushing your teeth?

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    52: 🍆 Why Is The Green M&M So Sexy?

    Where did the Ancient Greeks stick their loaves? What's so sexy sbout sitting on a cake? Why is the green M&M so sexy?Happy Valentine's Week from Lunchbox Envy 😘

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    51: 🍟 Waiter, There's A Thumb In My Chile!

    Which chain feeds 5% of the UK every day? Why would you send a spy into a pizza factory? What would you do if you found a thumb in your chilli?

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    50: 🚀 Where To Get A Good Drink In Space

    What's the best way to smuggle vodka onto a space station? How do you make rocket Huel? Why do astronauts love shrimp cocktail so much? 

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    49: 🫀 The Scottish Delicacy Banned In America

    Would you try Lancashire calamari? What did Mrs Beeton cure with tripe? Where could you get arrested for cooking a haggis?

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    48: 🫘 The Scientists Measuring Bean Fartiness

    Who built a car out of beans? Can you put out a fire with beans? How do you measure the fartiness of a bean?

  28. 46

    47: 🥗 How To Sleep Yourself Skinny

    How many calories are there in a gram of uranium? What is the Sleeping Beauty diet? What do you have in common with a doughnut?

  29. 45

    46: 🍻 Who's Up For Peekaboo Meatball?

    Why would you order a brick sandwich? What does a Peekaboo Meatball taste like? What was the mysterious Third Condiment? 

  30. 44

    Bonus: 🥂 The Best (And Worst) Festive Tipples

    One more for the road? Merry Christmas!

  31. 43

    45: 🎄 The Fish In The Bath On Christmas Eve

    What is a live fish doing in your bath on Christmas Eve? Who tried to cook their turkey via electrocution? Where can you find roast reindeer on the menu?Merry Christmas from Lunchbox Envy! 

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    44: 🎛️ Oven Baking Your Laptop

    Why would you oven bake a laptop? Which day of the week can your oven switch itself on? Who cooked himself in a bread oven just to see what would happen?

  33. 41

    43: 🍸 too dRUnk to thinkof a title f0r thsi one sorry

    What do you get when you mix vodka with gunpowder? When will a doctor give you vodka? Who got paid in vodka?

  34. 40

    42: 🎓 Jamie Oliver Is Screaming At Our Home-Twizzled Turkeys

    How do you Twizzle a Turkey? Where did Ancient Spartan kids get their packed lunch from? Who used to give their schoolchildren wine?

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    41: 🦃 CALL NOW: The Emergency Turkey Hotline

    How do you make a Frogeye Salad? When was eel on the Thanksgiving menu? Who can you call when your turkey won't defrost?  

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    40: 🍯 Are You Being Swindled With Fake Honey?

    Why does your honey have bubbles in it? How do you eat ant honey? What does purple honey taste like? 

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    39: 🥓 The Man Who Tricked America Into Eating Breakfast

    What's the point of a bacon window? Who's using a bacon dating app? How do you make bananacon?

  38. 36

    38: 🌾 The Cereal Toy That Could Hack Phones

    How do you make a Diamond Shreddie? Which cereal accidentally invented computer hacking?  Why are some cereals magnetic?

  39. 35

    37: 🎃 What's Really In A Pumpkin Spice Latte

    What is a Pumpkin Spice Latte really made of? How do you you sail a pumpkin? Who was Stingy Jack?Happy Halloween! 

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    36: 🍄‍🟫 Was Jesus A Mushroom?

    Why would you want a mushroom to eat you? Which country has specially-trained mushroom chemists? Was Jesus actually a mushroom? 

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    35: ❄️ The Man Who Nearly Destroyed Earth...Twice

    Who was the original King of Cool? Where are the world's dirtiest fridges? How are you using your fridge wrong?

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    34: 🍪 You're Eating Biscuits The Wrong Way Up

    Did a digestive break up The Beatles? Are you chomping on your Hobnobs upside down? What biscuits were on offer in the Titanic lifeboats?

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    33: 🐟 The Herring That Nearly Started WW3

    How did herring nearly start World War 3? When did fish have fingers? Is there such a thing as a fish? (Yes, and it's delicious).

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    32: 🍎 We Ate Newton's Gravity Apple

    How can a movie be spoiled by an apple? When do apples break the sound barrier? Why are some apples better for cooking with?

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    31: 🫖 Lethal Tea-Making Contraptions

    What is that scum on the top of your tea? Why were the first automatic tea-making contraptions so dangerous? Are you a MIFFY or a TIFFY?

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    30: ♨️ The Insane Truth Behind Microwave Clocks

    How did squirrels help invent the microwave? Why don't ants mind microwaves? What's the big problem with microwave clocks?Dedicated to Nigella <3

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    29: 🍺 Why Ancient Egyptians Drank Beer Through Straws

    Why shouldn't you tilt your glass when you pour a pint? Which city has an underground beer pipeline? Why did the Ancient Egyptians drink their beer through straws? 

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    28: 🧂 The Saltiest Place On Earth

    What’s the saltiest place on Earth? How can salt win a war? And why does some salt taste like egg?!

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    27: 🧀 The Bank Vault Full Of Parmesan Cheese

    How do they put the holes in swiss cheese? Who eats the world's hardest cheese? Why would you put Parmesan in a bank?

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    26: 🌸 The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Gave The World Vanilla

    Which 12-year-old boy do we have to thank for all the vanilla we have today? What links vanilla to a beaver's anus? What hack lets you use your vanilla pods more than once?

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