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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According to the FDA, it's safe to eat the stickers that are found on fruit; they're actually made out of "edible paper" and the glue is food grade.
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There is a fruit by the name of Black Sapote or “chocolate pudding fruit” which tastes like chocolate pudding and is actually low fat and has about “4 times as much vitamin C as an orange”.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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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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