320 Baguettes are eaten in France every second. By the time you read that sentence, around 1920 baguettes will have been consumed. If you ponder this fact for a minute 19,200 baguettes will have begun the arduous process of digestion. Over one million baguettes will be consumed within an hour.
Source: Observatoire du Pain (Bread Observatory) (This is not a secure link, and the source is possibly dubious even though it is quoted by a lot of other websites.)

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