FACTS A'VEZ... DID YOU KNOW:

In the U.S., the apples sold at stores can be up to a year old.

A strawberry isn't an actual berry, but a banana is.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave

Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family

Oranges are not even in the top ten list of common foods when it comes to vitamin C levels.

Bananas are slightly radioactive.

The color Orange is named after the Orange fruit, but before that, it was called geoluread (yellow-red).

Pomology is the study of fruits.

The Coco de Mer palm tree has the earth's largest fruit, weighing 42 kg (92 lb), and seeds weighing 17 kg (37 lb).

There is a tree called Fruit Salad Tree that sprouts 3 to 7 different fruits in the same tree.

Tomatoes have more genes than humans.

Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.


All of the bacteria in our body collectively weighs about 4 pounds.

Source: www.facebook.com/conceptresearchcenter

I av nt learnt anytin special here...

I will like to see a sample of the tree and the fruits before I believe that of the fruit salad tree and which country grow the fruit.

Pomology sounds like the study of 'pomo'? Jokes apart, these are wonderful things to know; especially the one about the salad tree. Would love to see it.