Trivia # 28 : Cabbage

• A cabbage is 91% water.
• The Greek poet, Homer (who live around 850 BC), mentions Achilles washing cabbages, in his epic poem the 'Iliad.'
• Cato the Censor (234-149 BC) mentions several medicinal uses for cabbage, including treating infected wounds.
• Those with thyroid problems should avoid eating large amounts of cabbage or cauliflower. They both interfere with the body's absorption of iodine, needed by the thyroid gland.
• The world record for eating cabbage is held by Charles Hardy. He ate 6 pounds 9 ounces in 9 minutes.