7 Fascinating Facts About Vegans and Veganism

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I never get tired of learning new facts about vegans and veganism. One of our most popular articles ever was about interesting vegan facts. If you missed it you can read it here. It’s a more light hearted and interesting look at veganism.

Of course there are all of the serious facts too. Many of them are the reasons why a lot of us became vegan. And then there are the many scientific facts about veganism, mainly used to refute the silly claims made by meat eaters. We have an excellent article on that as well. It’s called 18 scientific facts about veganism to silence the critics.

This article will be much more fun that that. We look at vegans in history, famous vegans, veganism in pop culture and some interesting things about vegan food. Check out our list of fascinating vegan facts and if you find it entertaining, share it! Get the facts on the next page.

Vegan Fact #1

Woody Harrelson is a strict vegan. For his role in the movie “Zombieland” they had to make special vegan twinkies for him because he would not eat regular twinkies.

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Vegan Fact #2

Many brilliant people in history were reportedly vegan, such as: Nicola Tesla, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Abraham Lincoln.

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Vegan Fact #3

Chinese people live on mainly vegan or vegetarian diet. Interestingly they consume 20% more calories than Americans, but Americans are 20% fatter.

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Vegan Fact #4

According to the results of a recent study published in Time Magazine, Bananas are the healthiest food in the world. In fact, 42 of the top 50 healthiest foods in the world were vegan. The only meat that made the list was fish. You can read that article here.

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Vegan Fact #5

Americans would never dream of eating a dog while consuming pork is on of their favorite meats. Interestingly, pigs are intelligent creatures. Studies have shown that pigs are in fact smarter than dogs, and are almost as smart as chimpanzees.

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Vegan Fact #6

A study done by Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn found that a vegan diet caused more than 500 genes to change in three months, turning on genes that prevent disease and turning off genes that cause cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses.

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Vegan Fact #7

500,000 animals are killed every hour in the U.S. for meat consumption. That is 12 million animals every day. 150 billion animals a year. Share this on Twitter, Facebook and with your friends. This might be the article that makes them seriously consider going vegan.

 

 

7 Fascinating Facts About Vegans and Veganism