Fruits often offer many benefits to the body and therefore their consumption is encouraged. But there are some curiosities about them that a lot of people don't know about. Check out:
- Not all oranges are orange
- Most fruits marketed are clones
- Japanese Yubari Melons Are The Most Expensive Fruits In The World
- Bananas are artificially ripened
- Grapefruit can be bad for your health
- Cranberries have the property of? Dripping? or? bounce?
- Rhubarb Leaves Are Extremely Poisonous
- A pomegranate can have over a thousand seeds
- Strawberry is not a fruit
In some regions, such as Brazil, there is never enough cold to break all the chlorophyll of the fruit's rind, which means it can turn yellow or green even when ripe. Americans cannot understand this and subject the oranges to a treatment process to rid them of chlorophyll and turn them orange.
When looking at supermarket shelves it is common to see perfectly identical apples, as well as oranges, peaches and other fruits. This is because cloning is done so that they remain perfect without the genetic mutations that occur in flower pollination or seed planting.
Two melons were sold at auction for $ 23,500. In Japan people pay high prices for luxury fruits. Although demand has fallen in recent years, the numbers are still staggering.
Because bananas are so delicate and perishable, they are usually sent still green to distributors, who use the technology to ripen them before they hit markets.
This is because there may be dangerous reactions with some medications and consumption can be fatal as it contains natural chemicals that inhibit an enzyme in the gut and increase the heart rate.
It sounds like magic, but it was discovered in 1880 by a man who dropped a handful of cranberries down the stairs. Today producers still test the? Athletic skills? of the fruit to determine its quality. The higher the heel, the better the berry.
The leaves of this plant contain a lot of harmful substances. But the stems pose no danger whatsoever and are totally safe to eat.
Contrary to some information, which is no more than myth, pomegranate can have much more than 613 seeds, even more than a thousand.
Botanically speaking, it is not fruit. The plant produces a "false fruit" fleshy, but the little seeds on the outside are the true fruits.
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