In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically identical clones, all descended from one banana. These bananas are seedless and sterile; natural bananas are short, fat, and have huge seeds.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.
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Orange juice naturally contains a small amount of alcohol.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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