The Adam's apple is so-called because of a popular idea that it was created when the forbidden fruit got stuck in Adam's throat when he swallowed it.
The cabbage encloses nearly as much water as watermelon. Watermelon contains 92% water where cabbage is 90% and carrots are 87%
Tomatoes are a fruit not a vegetable. Tomatoes are the most popular fruits in the world.
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
You can make nitroglycerin by peanut oil, which is a main part of dynamite.
Pumpkins and avocados are fruits not a vegetable.
Dark green vegetables include more vitamin C than light green color vegetables
Banana is not a fruit in reality, it is a herb
Because bananas are easy to digest and are very nutritious they are the first fruit offered to babies.
Osage orange fruits are used to repel cockroaches
An apple tree can produce up to 400 apples a year
Bilberries are supposed to help improve nighttime vision.
According to the Dead Sea scrolls cherry seeds have satanic power
Many years ago explorers used watermelons to carry water on long expeditions
Mangoes are the most favorite and number 1 fruit in the world.
Strawberries are the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside unlike all other fruits which have their seeds inside
Kiwi contains twice as much Vitamin C as an orange
Oranges contain antioxidants that help fight the free radicals that damage and age our skin
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.
Eating more fruit and vegetables could significantly reduce the risk of many chronic diseases, high blood pressure, obesity, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
In the 19th century British sailors ate limes to prevent Scurvy
There are over 7000 different types of apples grown all over the world.
Unlike bananas grapes can no longer ripen once picked.
More than 300 banana-related accidents happened in Britain in 2001 mostly involving people slipping on skins.
You can speed up the ripening of a pineapple by standing it upside down (on the leafy end).
Lemons can kill bacteria-as they have high content of acid which makes them suitable for cleaning.
You can make furniture with Pear wood (its hard).
Some horticulturists suspect that the banana was the earth's first fruit.