More water in producing chocolate or in chicken? Find out...

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Get Fact'd with Darren Maule sees him share facts you are likely to hear anywhere else with us.
In today's facts:
American baseball player Rube Waddell (1876-1914) was so fond of puppies fans of the opposing team would bring their dogs to games and hold them up.
When fruit flies are lonely they go through a similar phase as humans.
Time passes faster in the Drankensberg than it does at coast. Find out why.
It takes more times as much water to produce a kilo of chocolate than it does a kilo of chicken. Find out how many times more.
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23 Aug 2021 2AM English South Africa Society & Culture · Daily News

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