Did You Know? (Fruits)

•  The famous food quote, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” comes from Benjamin Franklin, who would ask his wife to send him barrels of apples while living abroad.

• Apples are more efficient at waking you up in the morning as compared to caffeine.

• An apple, when fresh, is made up about 25% of air. That’s why they float in water.

• Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.

• Tomatoes were once referred to as “love apples”. It was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them.
• Tomatoes and Jalapenos are fruits, not vegetables.

• Research shows that just 2 bananas will provide you with enough energy for an intense 90-minute workout.

• Strawberries are the first fruits to ripen in the spring.

• On the average, there are 200 tiny seeds on every strawberry.

• For the same mass, lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.

• Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them. A fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

• Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

• The Japanese invented square watermelons by growing them in glass boxes. The watermelons stack better when packed or stored.

• The banana tree is actually not a tree, but a giant herb and the banana is actually it’s berry.