Factlet

Did you know lettuce killed more people in the US last year than snakes and alligators combined? Which seems incredible until you realize it’s because of bacterial contamination such as E. coli causing food poisoning. Of course, in reality, it’s highly processed, fatty, sugary food that’s killing Americans in far greater numbers, but in a much more insidious and less spectacular fashion, via heart disease. Reality: stranger than fiction any day of the week.