The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.

We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”

For today’s Did You Know we will look at Turmeric Fun Facts.

Turmeric Fun Facts: A spoonful of turmeric added to the water in water-cooled radiators will stop leaks.

• People in the Middle Ages called turmeric “Indian saffron” because it was often used as a less expensive alternative to saffron.
• Turmeric paste is a home remedy for sunburn and it is also an ingredient in many commercial sunscreens.
• Turmeric is the ingredient in curry that gives it a vibrant yellow color.
• India is the worlds largest producer of turmeric powder as well as the world’s largest consumer of the powder.
• The city of Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is the world’s largest producer of turmeric. Erode has often been referred to as “Yellow City” or “Turmeric City.”
• People in the Middle Ages called turmeric “Indian saffron” because it was often used as a less expensive alternative to saffron.
• In India, at the time of wedding, turmeric paste is applied over the bride and grooms body mainly face and arms. The turmeric-based paste is used to beautifying and enrich skin complexion.

Turmeric Fun Facts We Missed

Feel free to let us know about the Turmeric Fun Facts we missed. If we can verify that the facts is just that, a fact, we will give the reader credit in the article.

Reference: Wikipedia article on Turmeric.

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