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Sunday, 16 March 2014

64 Facts About Fruit

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

2. Apples float in water because they are 25% air.

3. Tomatoes are a fruit not a vegetable. Tomatoes are the most popular fruits in the world.
4. Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

5. An average strawberry has around 200 seeds

6. Pumpkins and avocados are fruits not a vegetable.

7. Dark green vegetables include more vitamin C than light green color vegetables

8. Banana is not a fruit in reality, it is a herb

9. Because bananas are easy to digest and are very nutritious they are the first fruit offered to babies.

10. Osage orange fruits are used to repel cockroaches

11. An apple tree can produce up to 400 apples a year

12. Bilberries are supposed to help improve nighttime vision.

13. According to the Dead Sea scrolls cherry seeds have satanic power

14. Many years ago explorers used watermelons to carry water on long expeditions

15. Strawberries and cashews are the only fruits that have their seeds on the outside unlike all other fruits which have their seeds inside

16. Kiwi contains twice as much Vitamin C as an orange
17. Oranges contain antioxidants that help fight the free radicals that damage and age our skin

18. Lemon is a good source of Vitamin C-Prevents Scurvy. In the 19th century British sailors ate limes to prevent Scurvy
19. There are over 7000 different types of apples grown all over the world.

20. Grapes do not ripen once plucked. Unlike bananas grapes can no longer ripen once picked.

21. More than 300 banana-related accidents happened in Britain in 2001 mostly involving people slipping on skins.

22. You can speed up the ripening of a pineapple by standing it upside down (on the leafy end).

23. Lemons can kill bacteria-as they have high content of acid which makes them suitable for cleaning.

24. You can make furniture with Pear wood (its hard).

25. Cabbage-a water vegetable. The cabbage encloses nearly as much water as watermelon. Watermelon contains 92% water where cabbage is 90% and carrots are 87%

26. A banana ripens quickly (overnight), when you put it into a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato.

27. You can make nitroglycerin by peanut oil, which is a main part of dynamite.

28. The leaves of raspberry is used fresh or dried as herbal teas to regulate menstrual cycles

29. Lime oil is useful to cool fevers. It can also stimulate and refresh a tired mind and helps with depression
30. A durian is one of the world's biggest fruit with a strong smell

31. Avocado leaves are harmful to animals and the fruits may also poisonous to some birds

32. Dried fruits contain more calories than fresh fruits. Since drying process takes out water and volume

33. A study reveals avocados are the world's most nutritious fruit

34. Babaco is gorgeous torpedo shaped fruit. It's also named as champagne fruit since it has a fizzy flesh.

35. 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.
36. 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.

37. Pineapples contain an enzyme that is used in blood tests. Fibers in pineapple leaves are used to make rope and a cloth called pino.

38. Kiwis were once known as Chinese gooseberries.

39. 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.

40. A half-cup of figs has as much calcium as a half-cup of milk.

41. There are over 200 different known species of raspberries but only 2 species are grown on a large scale.

42. Blackberry juice was used to dye cloth navy blue and indigo.

43. Black currant juice can be used to soothe sore throats and colds

44. Eggplants are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries.

45. An avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable! It is actually a member of the berry relatives.

46. Avocado has more fat content than any other fruit.

47. A single fruit is about 125 grams on average; where ¼ of it is only water.
48. Bananas are allergic for some people. These allergies are oral and latex.

49. Bilberry contains nutrients that are good for eyes.

50. A durian is a large fruit with a powerful smell. Its flavor is loved by some people, but many do not like the smell.

51. Lime oils are often used in perfumes, for cleaning, and for aromatherapy.

52. Lychee seeds are poisonous and should not be eaten.

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. Cupuacu pulp is also used in cosmetics products such as body lotions, as it is highly hydratating, similar to cocoa butter.
56. An orange’s vitamin C content helps fight back assaults from viruses and germs, cold and fatigue.
57. Strawberries are the only fruit which grows seeds on the outside.

58. A cucumber is a fruit not a vegetable.

59. Grapefruit can actually react negatively with lots of drugs including cholesterol-lowering medications.
60. Red fruits help keep your heart strong.

61. Orange fruits help keep your eyes healthy.

62. Yellow fruits help keep you from getting sick.

63. Green fruits help make your bones and teeth strong.

64. Blue and purple fruits help your memory.