- Cataloupes are named after the gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy where some belive this melon was first grown.
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- 4% of an apples is made up of minerals and vitamins, and over 80% is made up of water.
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- In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.
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- Over 200 varieties of watermelons are grown in the U.S.
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- Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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- Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do.
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- If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times.
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- The chocolate "M&M's" stands for the last names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., the candy maker, and his associate Bruce Murrie.
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- Scientists at the Texas A&M University's Institute for Biosciences and Technology are working on ways to grow vaccines inside of bananas.
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- Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China.
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- Passion fruits have a tranquilizing effect on the body.
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- Pears were so rare in the 1800's that people were willing to pay up to $100 to eat one.
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- Researches have discovered that eating five or more apples a week is linked to better functioning of the lungs.
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- Navel oranges got their name because the bottom of this type of orange resembles a belly button or navel.
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- Botanically a rhubarb is a vegetable. It was changed to a fruit in 1947 by a U.S. Custom Court.
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- In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted.
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- The blackberry bush is also called the "bramble."
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