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A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is. |
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Orangutans love mangoes |
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Apples float in water because they are 25% air. |
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Tomatoes are a fruit not a vegetable. Tomatoes are the most popular fruits in the world. |
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Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief. |
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An average strawberry has around 200 seeds |
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Pumpkins and avocados are fruits not a vegetable. |
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Dark green vegetables include more vitamin C than light green color vegetables |
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Banana is not a fruit in reality, it is a herb |
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Because bananas are easy to digest and are very nutritious they are the first fruit offered to babies. |
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Osage orange fruits are used to repel cockroaches |
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An apple tree can produce up to 400 apples a year |
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Bilberries are supposed to help improve nighttime vision. |
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According to the Dead Sea scrolls cherry seeds have satanic power |
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Many years ago explorers used watermelons to carry water on long expeditions |
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Mangoes are the most favorite and number 1 fruit in the world. |
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Strawberries and cashews are the only fruits that have their seeds on the outside unlike all other fruits which have their seeds inside |
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Kiwi contains twice as much Vitamin C as an orange |
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Oranges contain antioxidants that help fight the free radicals that damage and age our skin |
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Including fruit and vegetables in one's daily diet can lessen the chances of miscarriage by almost half of the frequency, says a new research in London. |
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Eating more fruits and vegetables could significantly reduce the risk of many chronic diseases, high B.P, obesity, heart disease and some cancers. |
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In the 19th century British sailors ate limes to prevent Scurvy |
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There are over 7000 different types of apples grown all over the world. |
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Unlike bananas grapes can no longer ripen once picked. |
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More than 300 banana-related accidents happened in Britain in 2001 mostly involving people slipping on skins. |
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You can speed up the ripening of a pineapple by standing it upside down (on the leafy end). |
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Lemons can kill bacteria-as they have high content of acid which makes them suitable for cleaning. |
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You can make furniture with Pear wood (its hard). |
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Some horticulturists suspect that the banana was the earth's first fruit. |
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The Adam's apple is so-called coz of the idea that it was created when the forbidden fruit got stuck
in Adam's throat when he swallowed it. |
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The cabbage encloses nearly as much water as watermelon. Watermelon contains 92% water where cabbage is 90% and carrots are 87%
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A banana ripens quickly (overnight), when you put it into a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato. |
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You can make nitroglycerin by peanut oil, which is a main part of dynamite. |
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The leaves of raspberry is used fresh or dried as herbal teas to regulate menstrual cycles |
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Lime oil is useful to cool fevers. It can also stimulate and refresh a tired mind and helps with depression |
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A durian is one of the world's biggest fruit with a strong smell |
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Avocado leaves are harmful to animals and the fruits may also poisonous to some birds |
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Dried fruits contain more calories than fresh fruits. Since drying process takes out water and volume |
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An apple is a very refreshing tonic for oily skin. It makes an excellent remedy for fine wrinkles, cracked skin, itching and inflammation |
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Eating fresh figs during pregnancy helps from prolonged labor and weakness after childbirth |
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Gibbons prefer to eat fruits twice a day. It normally loves to eat ripe, sugary, juicy fruits like figs. |
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A study reveals avocados are the world's most nutritious fruit |
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Research says eating grapefruit in the morning will helps to lose an average of 3.6 pounds. It also protect from diabetes. |
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Babaco is gorgeous torpedo shaped fruit. It's also named as champagne fruit since it has a fizzy flesh. |
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Sapodilla is a uniquely tasted fruit. It had a soft brown flesh which flavors like a sweet mix of brown sugar and root beer. |
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Bilimbi fruit is similar to star fruit. The tree of Bilimbi is more cold-sensitive than the carambola tree. The fruit is more effective for several human ailments. |
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chempedak fruit is really not too big. It just has the shape of long water melon but the whole fruit is only about 3 Kg. |
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Damson fruit is more effective to create fruit paste or cheese. It's perfectly made for Christmas treat. |
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The name pine-apple was the original name for a pine cone (grows on pine trees). Because the fruit pineapple looked like a huge pine cone, it too was called a pine-apple. |
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Pineapples contain an enzyme that is used in blood tests. Fibers in pineapple leaves are used to make rope and a cloth called pino. |
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Kiwis were once known as Chinese gooseberries. |
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Eating an apple is a more reliable method of staying awake than consuming a cup of coffee. The natural sugar in an apple is more potent than the caffeine in coffee. |
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Pineapples are berries, just like strawberries and blueberries. |
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A half-cup of figs has as much calcium as a half-cup of milk. |
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There are over 200 different known species of raspberries but only 2 species are grown on a large scale. |
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There are seven varieties of avocados grown commercially in Texas, but the Hass is the most popular. |
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Blackberry juice was used to dye cloth navy blue and indigo. |
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Currant juice can be used to soothe sore throats and colds. |
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The juiciest, most delicious oranges in the world are grown in Florida. |
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Eggplants are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries. |
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An avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable! It is actually a member of the berry relatives. |
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Avocado has more fat content than any other fruit. |
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A single fruit is about 125 grams on average; where ¼ of it is only water. |
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Bananas are allergic for some people. These allergies are oral and latex. |
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Bilberry contains nutrients that are good for eyes. |
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Cherimoya seeds are poisonous, and ought to not be eaten, like the skin. |
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Clementines are popular in the winter months. |
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A durian is a large fruit with a powerful smell. Its flavor is loved by some people, but many do not like the smell. |
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Huckleberries are well liked by lots of mammals such as bears and humans. |
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The jambul fruit leaves and bark are used for controlling blood pressure and gingivitis. |
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Lime oils are often used in perfumes, for cleaning, and for aromatherapy. |
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Lychee seeds are poisonous and should not be eaten. |
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Purple Mangosteen has to be grown in temperatures of above 40 °F (4 °C). If it is grown in temperatures below that, the plants will die. |
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Grapes are the fruit of a woody grape vine. About 71% of grapes are used for wine. 27% are used as fresh fruit, and 2% are used as dried fruit. |
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Dirty cantaloupes can spread bacteria. In 2011, 21 people died in the United States from cantaloupes having listeria bacteria. |
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A watermelon contains 92% water. About six percent of a watermelon is sugar. Many people like to eat watermelon in the summer because the fruit is cool and refreshing. |
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Raisins are dried grapes. They contain a lot of sugar. |
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Cupuacu pulp is also used in cosmetics products such as body lotions, as it is highly hydratating, similar to cocoa butter. |
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An orange’s vitamin C content helps fight back assaults from viruses and germs, cold and fatigue. |
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Strawberries are the only fruit which grows seeds on the outside. |
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A cucumber is a fruit not a vegetable. |
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Grapefruit can actually react negatively with lots of drugs including cholesterol-lowering medications. |
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Red fruits help keep your heart strong. |
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Orange fruits help keep your eyes healthy. |
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Yellow fruits help keep you from getting sick. |
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Green fruits help make your bones and teeth strong. |
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Blue and purple fruits help your memory. |
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