Here are 10 quick facts about oysters.
1. Fredrik’s winning performance consisted of opening 30 oysters in 3 minutes 10 seconds.
2. That is 20 fewer oysters than the famed Italian lover Casanova recommended having for breakfast.
3. A baby oyster is called a spat.
4. The world record for opening oysters is 38 in a minute, set by Patrick McMurray (Canada) in 2010.
5. The world record for eating oysters is 47 dozen in eight minutes set by Sonya Thomas in 2012.
6. The old advice about only eating oysters in months with the letter R in them stems from the fact that they spawn in the summer months and taste better when taken from cold water.
7. Oysters are good for the environment: they each filter between 30 and 50 gallons of water a day.
8. The name of Oyster Cards is meant to signify security, the link with the River Thames and recall the phrase, "The world is your oyster".
9. Pearls cannot be found in edible oysters. Pearl producing oysters come from the genus Pinctada; edible ones are of the Ostreidae family.
10. The phrase "the world’s mine oyster" comes from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor.
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