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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Some Amazing Facts About Fruits:

I am going to share some amazing facts about fruits.

1) Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.

2) The pineapple is actually a berry.

3) Vegetables and fruits don't die the moment they are harvested. they respond to their environment for days.

4) There is a tree called "fruit salad tree" that sprouts 3 to 7 different fruits in the same tree.

5) The "Coco De Mer" palm tree has the earth's largest fruit, weighing 42 KG (92 LB) and seed weighing 17 KG (37 LB)

6) POMOLOGY is the study of fruits.

7) The color orange is named after the orange fruit, but before that, it was called "GEOLURAED" (yellow-red).

8) Cucumbers are fruits.

9) Square water melons are grown by Japanese farmers for easier stack and stock.

10) Drinking grapefruit while taking medication can cause instant overdose and death.

11) Coffee beans are not beans, they are fruit pits.

12) The world's most popular fruit is tomato.

13) Oranges are not even in top ten list of common foods when it comes to "Vitamin C" level.

14) Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the "Rose" family.

15) Grapes explode when you put them in mircowave.

16) A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is.

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