Coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.
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Broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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