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35 things you may not have known about FRUIT!! 🍒 🍅🌽🍇🍌🍋🍊🍉🍈🍍🍎🍏🍐🍌🍓

Just a compilation of cool facts and health benefits I found from sources listed below :)



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


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Well, that's just banannaz innit. 🍌 🍓



2. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.


Don't try this at home! 🍇



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


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4. The world's most popular fruit is the tomato.


really? -.-



5. Bananas are slightly radioactive.


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... This explains EVERYTHING 😂 🍌 💣



6. Drinking grapefruit while taking medication can cause instant overdose and death.


Nope, im not convinced. Imma go try it. brb.



7. Square watermelons are grown by Japanese farmers for easier stack and store.


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Oh I see, so you just be genetically modifying the food so u can make it look nice while u store it :) That's nice. 🍉🍉🍉



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


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WHERE CAN I GET ME ONE OF THEM? 🍅🌽🍇🍌🍋🍊🍉🍈🍍🍎🍏🍐🍌🍒🍓



9. Tomatoes have more genes than humans.


Say what? -.- 🍅



10. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.


omg.



11. Pineapples can destroy your tastebuds.


[meeehhh, it's still got.. other benefits, if u know what i mean ;P ]


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^^ and girls :P 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍



12. Japanese Yubari cantaloupes are the most expensive fruit in the world; two melons once sold at auction for $23,500.


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DEAD 😂😂😂😂 🍈🍈



13.Cherry farmers hire helicopter pilots to air-dry their trees after it rains so that the cherries don’t split open.


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"So... what do you do?"


"Oh im a Cherry Tree Dryer Helicopter Flyer baby" ;) 😎 🍒



14. Bananas, as we know them, are in danger of being completely wiped out by disease.


OMMGGG NOOOOOOO PLEASEEEE!!!! 😭😭😭😭🍌🍌🍌🍌 <3 <3 <3 <3



15.Pear leaves were once used for smoking.


Well then. 😳 🍐 🚬



16. Cashews themselves (which are technically seeds, not nuts), ... are encased in toxic layers that are made edible through roasting.


Going from toxic to safe real quick by roasting. Wow... =/



17. In Latin, the word apricot means precious.


"You are the most wonderful, the most apricot thing in my life, darling" 😍 <3


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18. Lemon juice can be used to naturally redden your lips.


girls? any takers? 😂 😘 🍋



19. According to the Dead Sea scrolls cherry seeds have satanic power.


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... so proud of my ancient culture. 🍒🍒🍒😡😡😡



20. Kiwi contains twice as much Vitamin C as an orange


OoOoOoOoOo.... scandalous.



21.There are over 7000 different types of apples grown all over the world.


...so much for red green yellow.



22. More than 300 banana-related accidents happened in Britain in 2001 mostly involving people slipping on skins.


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LOL! 😂😂😂 🍌🍌



23. You can speed up the ripening of a pineapple by standing it upside down (on the leafy end).



24. A banana ripens quickly (overnight), when you put it into a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato.


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hmm looks like those 2 got some chemistry goin on ;) WHERE MY TOMATO AT? 🍌 <3 🍅


#bananawantstomato



25. An apple is a very refreshing tonic for oily skin. It makes an excellent remedy for fine wrinkles, cracked skin, itching and inflammation.


🍎🍎🍎



26.Blackberry juice was used to dye cloth navy blue and indigo.


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was??? it does that to everything it touches.



26. Lychee seeds are poisonous and should not be eaten.



27. Pineapple helps prevent the common cold. 🍍


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28. Cashews are an excellent source of copper, which helps build lean muscle.


;)



29. Cuccumbers reduce the risk of [o]estrogen related cancers.



30. Metabolism in our fat cells can be increaed by phytonutrients found in raspberries.



31. Eating watermelon reduces asthma attacks.


🍉🍉🍉



32. Sorry this is so random lol, but every 5 seconds, Americans consume 1,750 pizza slices.


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GOOD LAWD. 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕



33. Giving someone a basket of mangoes is considered a gesture of friendship in India.


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aww :)



34. The following are technically fruits: avocado, beans, peapods, corn kernels, cucumbers, olives peppers, pumpkin.



35. Early explorers used watermelon as canteens.


Looks like we're a bit late on the whole detox thing.



Sources:


https://www.factslides.com/s-Fruits#


https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/20-incredible-facts-about-eating-fruits-and-vegetables-that-you-probably-didnt-know.html


https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/surprising-facts-about-fruit#.su52vNK7V


https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahfina/14-fruity-facts-you-didnt-know-about-well-f-s6kb#.wcemjndwp


https://www.fruitsinfo.com/did-you-know.php


https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6384/5-Fun-Facts-You-Dont-Know-About-Fruits-Veggies.html


https://instagram.com/factsofhealth/?hl=en


Thanks for reading! :D


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