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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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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Sometimes frozen fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than fresh!
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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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Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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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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