Sensei is an elder character in Fruit Ninja and trusted advisor to the player. He gives fruit facts and gaming tips.
Sensei's Fruit Facts
- Unripe pineapples are poisonous
- The passion fruit is the national flower of Paraguay
- Strawberries are a member of the rose family
- Japanese plums actually originated in China
- Strawberries were used as sacred symbols by Christian stonemasons
- In Kerala in South India, coconut flowers must be present during a marriage ceremony
- Early explorers used watermelons as canteens to carry their water supplies
- Strawberries are the only fruit with their seeds on the outside of the fruit
- Mangoes can be ripened quickly by placing them in a paper bag with a ripe banana
- Kiwi fruit was originally known by its Chinese name, yang tao (sunny peach)
- Watermelons are 92% water!
- One third of the worlds pineapples are produced in Hawaii
- The average strawberry has around 200 seeds
- The second most popular mango variety grown in Australia is the R2E2!
- The kiwi fruit is declared as the national fruit of China
- Almonds are members of the peach family
- Pineapples were once very rare, thus the name 'King of Fruits'
- The watermelon is cousins with cucumbers, pumpkins and squash
- A plum is a drupe, a pitted fruit related to the nectarine, peach, and apricot
- Oranges are technically a hesperidium, a kind of berry
- Oranges are the most commonly grown tree in the world
- Eating bananas between meals can help expectant mothers avoid morning sickness
- Peaches were once known as Persian apples
- Research shows that eating apples may reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer
- The Romans used strawberries for a long list of medical remedies
- If you plant a single orange seed you will probably get more than one plant
- In China the peach is a symbol of longevity and good luck
- Bananas are not trees, they are giant herbs
- Mangoes have as much vitamin C as oranges
- The largest watermelon ever grown was 262 pounds, or 119 kg!
- Lemon and salt can be used to treat rust spots, and to clean copper pots
- Apple seeds are mildly poisonous, but not enough to be dangerous to humans
- The prickly pear ia actually a type of cactus and considered a noixious weed in Australia
- Apples have almost 5 times the antioxidant capacity of bananas
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