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- Unlike most fruits, pears ripen
better off the tree?
- Figs provide more fiber than
any other common fruit or vegetable?
- British sailors used to be called
"Limeys" because they ate citrus fruits to prevent scurvy on long
sea voyages?
- Some Chinese varieties of peaches
are flat like donuts?
- Strawberries are the only fruit
that have their seeds on the outside?
- Bell peppers can be green, red,
yellow, orange or purple?
- Yams and sweet potatoes are not
the same?
- Many of the nutrients in a potato
are located just below the skin?
- Hawaii is the leading producer
of bananas in the US?
- Lychee trees can live for more
than 100 years?
- The first carrots were white,
purple and yellow?
- Ancient Greeks awarded celery
to winners of sports events?
- Broccoflower is a cross between
cauliflower and broccoli. It has more vitamin C than oranges and more vitamin
A than either broccoli or cauliflower?
Reference: USDA Website
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/students/fun/games/trivia/index.html
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